Lapaquistat is a cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor and is the active metabolite of TAK-475. Lapaquistat can reduce statin-induced myotoxicity in lipid-lowering therapy.
The compound binds and blocks farnesyl diphosphate synthase in the HMG-CoA pathway (IC50 = 460 nM for recombinant human FPPS). It causes macrophage apoptosis and inhibits prenylation and sterol biosynthesis in purified osteoclasts.
Pregnanetriol is a metabolite of 17α-hydroxyprogesterone .1,2It is formed from 17α-hydroxyprogesterone by reduction of the C-20 ketone.2Urinary levels of pregnanetriol are elevated in patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency and congenital adrenal hyperplasia.3,4
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Steryl glucosides are neutral glycolipids commonly found in plant cell membranes and vegetable oils that contain a glucose moiety conjugated to a sterol lipid. They function as glucose donors in the biosynthesis of glucocerebrosides in plant microsomes and are metabolic precursors to acylated/esterified steryl glucosides. Steryl glucosides are the major component of filter- and engine-damaging precipitates formed during biodiesel production from transesterification of vegetable oils. This product contains a mixture of steryl glucosides.
Peraclopone is a hypolidemic drug. It is an inhibitor of 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase. Peraclopone potently inhibits the final step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Feeding this agent to rats leads to a rapid replacement of membrane cholesterol with its immediate precursor 7-dehydrocholesterol, and a dramatic reduction in plasma sterol concentration. Peraclopone caused a dose-dependent decrease in cholesterol and a concomitant accumulation of provitamin D3 (7-dehydrocholesterol) in the skin, which is accompanied by an increase in the plasma level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. Treatment with peraclopone dramatically alters membrane sterol content in many membranes including the microvillus membrane of both the jejunum and ileum. In the jejunal microvillus membrane a major change in chemical composition occurred, presumably in response to the alteration in membrane sterol. The net result was a significant decline in both the static and dynamic component of membrane fluidity.