Gs. Reddy et al., METABOLISM OF 1,25(OH)2 16-ENE-D3 IN KIDNEY - INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURALMODIFICATION OF D-RING ON SIDE-CHAIN METABOLISM, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 3(9), 1993, pp. 1879-1884
Comparative metabolism studies between 1,25(OH)2D3 and 1,25(OH)2-16-en
e D3 in rat kidney indicate that both compounds are metabolized into t
heir respective 24 hydroxy arid 24-oxo metabolites. While 1,25(OH)2-24
-oxo-D3 is further metabolized into 1,23,25(OH)3-24-oxo-D3 in the usua
l fashion, 1,25(OH)2-24-oxo-16-ene D3 resists C-23 hydroxylation. Thus
a minor change in D-ring structure appears to cause major changes in
the side chain metabolism.