人肠道微生物群生成的奶蓟草类黄酮木脂素代谢产物的特征。
Characterization of metabolites from milk thistle flavonolignans generated by human fecal microbiota.
机构信息
University of Graz, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beethovenstraße 8, 8010, Graz, Austria; BioTechMed- Graz, Mozartgasse 12/II, 8010, Graz, Austria.
University of Graz, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beethovenstraße 8, 8010, Graz, Austria.
出版信息
Phytochemistry. 2023 Nov;215:113834. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113834. Epub 2023 Aug 28.
Silymarin, a mixture of diastereomeric and regioisomeric flavonolignans from milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.) fruits, is known to possess a panel of pharmacological activities. However, due to low water solubility and extensive phase II metabolism, the oral bioavailability of the flavonolignans is limited. Since their interaction with gut microbiome is likely due to their predominantly fecal excretion route, the biotransformation of milk thistle flavonolignans by gut microorganisms was studied. A 1:1 mixture of the two main silymarin flavonolignans silybins A and B was incubated in human fecal suspension from one donor for 24 h under anoxic conditions. Purification of the incubate allowed to isolate and structurally elucidate the two main metabolites as (2R, 3R)-2-{4-[2-(3,4-dihydroxy-phenyl)-(1R)-1-hydroxymethyl-ethoxy]-3-hydroxy-phenyl}-3,5,7-trihydroxy-chroman-4-one (a product of demethylation and dioxane ring cleavage) and demethylsilybin B. Furthermore, silymarin was incubated with human fecal suspension, and its biotransformation was monitored by means of LC-HRMS metabolite profiling. Apart from the two isolated and structurally elucidated metabolites, several types of biotransformation products could be annotated, including demethylation products, reduction/ring cleavage products, products of demethylation plus reduction/ring cleavage, as well as several low molecular weight aromatic metabolites. The potential pharmacological activities of these gut microbial metabolites deserve closer examination in the future.
水飞蓟素是奶蓟(Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.)果实中几种差向立体异构和区域立体异构的黄酮木脂素混合物,具有多种药理活性。然而,由于水飞蓟素的水溶性低且其二相代谢广泛,其口服生物利用度受到限制。由于其与肠道微生物群的相互作用可能是由于其主要通过粪便排泄,因此研究了肠道微生物对奶蓟黄酮木脂素的生物转化。将两种主要的水飞蓟素黄酮木脂素之一的水飞蓟宾 A 和 B 以 1:1 的比例在无氧条件下与来自一个供体的人粪便悬浮液一起孵育 24 小时。孵育物的纯化允许分离和结构阐明两种主要代谢物,即(2R,3R)-2-{4-[2-(3,4-二羟基-苯基)-(1R)-1-羟甲基乙氧基]-3-羟基-苯基}-3,5,7-三羟基-色满-4-酮(去甲基和二氧戊环裂解的产物)和去甲基水飞蓟宾 B。此外,用水飞蓟素孵育人粪便悬浮液,并通过 LC-HRMS 代谢产物分析监测其生物转化。除了两种分离和结构阐明的代谢物外,还可以注释几种类型的生物转化产物,包括去甲基化产物、还原/环裂解产物、去甲基化加还原/环裂解产物,以及几种低分子量芳香代谢物。这些肠道微生物代谢物的潜在药理活性值得在未来进行更仔细的研究。