Journal of Organic Chemistry p. 5391 - 5396 (1991)
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Simpson, Daniel J.
Unkefer, Clifford J.
Whaley, Thomas W.
Marrone, Babetta L.
The rate-limiting step of steroid biosynthesis is the enzymatic conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone by cytochrome P-450scc (side chain cleavage) located in the inner mitochondrial membrane of all steroid producing cells.We report here the synthesis and application of a fluorogenic probe which is a cholene-based steroid with a fluorogenic moiety (resorufin) strategically located at the site of side chain cleavage.Synthesis of the probe required four steps starting from 3β-acetoxy-22,23-bisnor-5-cholenic acid and resorufin.Reaction of the probe with P-450scc yields pregnenolone and the highly fluorescent resorufin, thus providing a sensitive fluorescent signal representative of enzyme activity.The fluorescence quantum yield of this probe is approximately 40-fold lower (Φ = 0.006) than resorufin (Φ = 0.23) and is essentially nonfluorescent at wavelengths used to excite resorufin.The utility of the probe is demonstrated biochemically by incubation with mitochondria known to contain the P-450scc enzyme, and its specificity for this enzyme is shown by regulation of the enzyme activity with inhibitors and through the use of a nonspecific substrate.
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