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Metabolite profiling of polar steroid constituents in the Far Eastern starfish Aphelasterias japonica using LC–ESI MS/MS

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Numerous polar steroids are characteristic metabolites of starfish which determine physiological activities of their extracts. The Far Eastern starfish Aphelasterias japonica is a rich source of different steroid glycosides and polyhydroxysteroids. For detailed analysis of complicated mixture of steroids from this species, isolated by solid-phase extraction, a liquid chromatography–electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ESI MS/MS) approach was selected and applied. The characteristic fragmentations in ESI MS/MS spectra of steroid glycosides allowed determining types of aglycones, presence of sulfate groups, sugar sequences as well as branching. In addition, main structural features of polyhydroxylated polar steroids including position of hydroxylation and level of sulfation were also established. Totally, 68 metabolites, comprising of 33 asterosaponins, 28 sulfated polyhydroxysteroid mono- and biosides and 7 sulfated polyhydroxysteroid compounds were found by this method. In addition to 15 previously isolated compounds from A. japonica, many new steroid glycosides including asterosaponins with unusual carbohydrate chains were discovered and characterized by their ESI product ion mass spectra. Some details of biosynthesis of polyhydroxylated steroids and their conjugated forms in the species studied such as a role of sulfation and order of introduction of hydroxyl group in A. japonica were proposed.

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The study was supported by the Grants No. 14-04-00341-a from the RFBR, Grant No. 14-III-B-05-100 from FEB RAS, and Grant of President of Russia No. 148.2014.4 supporting leading Russian scientific schools. We sincerely thank to Dr. V.G. Voinov for his assistance in editing this manuscript.

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    Roman S. Popov, Natalia V. Ivanchina, Alla A. Kicha, Timofey V. Malyarenko, Pavel S. Dmitrenok & Valentin A. Stonik

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Popov, R.S., Ivanchina, N.V., Kicha, A.A. et al. Metabolite profiling of polar steroid constituents in the Far Eastern starfish Aphelasterias japonica using LC–ESI MS/MS. Metabolomics 10, 1152–1168 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-014-0654-x

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