The stereochemistry at C-24 and C-25 of 27-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha,24 ,25-pentol, a principal bile alcohol in human urine, and its biosynthesis are studied. Four stereoisomers of the C(26)-24,25-pentols were synthesized by reduction with LiAlH(4) of the corresponding epoxides prepared from (24S)- or (24R)-27-nor-5beta-cholest-25-ene-3alpha, 7alpha,12alpha,24-tetrol. The stereochemistries at C-25 were deduced by comparison of the C(26)-24,25-pentols with the oxidation products of (24Z)-27-nor-5beta-cholest-24-ene-3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha-triol with osmium tetraoxide. On the basis of this assignment, the principal bile alcohol excreted into human and rat urine was determined to be (24S,25R)-27-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha,24,25-pentol, accompanied by a lesser amount of (24R, 25R)-isomer. To elucidate the biosynthesis of the C(26)-24,25-pentol, a putative intermediate, 3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha-trihydroxy-27-nor-5beta-cholestan-24-one, derived from 3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha-trihydroxy-24-oxo-5beta-cholestanoic acid by decarboxylation during the side-chain oxidation of 3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholestanoic acid, was incubated with rat liver homogenates. The 24-oxo-bile alcohol could be efficiently reduced to yield mainly (24R)-27-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha,24-tetrol. If a 25R-hydroxylation of the latter steroid occurs, it should lead to formation of (24S,25R)-C(26)-24,25-pentol. Now it has appeared that a major bile alcohol excreted into human urine is (24S,25R)-27-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha, 24, 25-pentol, which might be derived from 3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha-trihydroxy-27-nor-5beta-cholestan-24-one via (24R)-27-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha, 7alpha,12alpha,24-tetrol.
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