Presented by:
Komal jain
M. Pharm
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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• Introduction
• History of statins
• Mode of action
• Production of statins by fermentation
• Lovastatin
• Simvastatin
• Applications
CONTENT
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• The statins act as competitive inhibitors, specifically inhibiting
HMG-CoA reductase, a rate limiting step cholesterol
biosynthesis. Statins block the conversion of HMG-CoA
reductase to malonic acid in the mevalonate pathway .
 Class of statins:
 Natural Statins: Lovastatin(mevacor), Compactin, Pravastatin
(pravachol), Simvastatin (Zocor).
 Synthetic Statins: Atorvastatin (Lipitor),Fluvastatin (Lescol).
Introduction

History of statins
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 Lovastatin are natural statins produced as secondary metabolites
by predominantly Aspergillus and Penicillium species.
 Lovastatin produced by a fungus, Aspergillus terreus isolated
by us from tropical soil. Lovastatin was one of the first
cholesterol-lowering drugs.
 Simvastatin is obtained a selective enzymatic deacylation of
lovastatin.
 Many statins are now chemically synthesised but lovastatin is
still required to produce simvastatin
 From reducing blood cholesterol levels simvastatin causes
pleotropic effects and has potential to treat various kinds of
disorders including neurodegenerative disease .
Lovastatin
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Mode of action (lovastatin)
Production of natural and semi-synthetic statins by fungi.
Simvastatin Pravastatin
Fermentation method of lovastatin
Wheat bran (40g) as substrate
Inoculated with spore suspension (107/8ml spores) of A. terreus .
Incubated at 280C for 7 days
Culturing of A.terreus by Solid State Fermentation
(SSF)
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Inoculated substrate was dried at 40◦C for 24h
Crushed to powder
Ethyl acetate (150 ml) was added
Filtrate was dried using rotary vacuum
evaporator
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One gram of dried crude lovastatin extract was loaded
on to pre-packed silica gel column
Elution with benzene (100%),
And combination of Benzene: Acetonitrile in the following ratio
95:5, 90:10, 85:15, 80:20
Acetonitrile (100%)
Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
Purification of lovastatin
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 Statins also reduce hepatic cholesterols leading to reduced gall stone
formation and reduced platelet aggregation.
 Simvastatin has been found to reduce the incidence of
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and
Parkinson’s disease.
 Lovastatin had proven to reduce the coronary heart diseases (CHD) in
the patients, by lowering the plasma cholesterol level.
 Lovastatin is reduce proliferation of Lung cancer ,Breast cancer,
Liver cancer and cervical cancer.
Application
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 Subhan, M. et al. (2016) Exploitation of Aspergillus terreus for
the production of natural statins. J Fungi 2, 1–13.
doi:10.3390/jof2020013.
 Wolozin, B. et al. (2007) Simvastatin is associated with a
reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson’s disease. BMC
Med. 5, 20. doi:10.1186/1741-7015-5-20.
 Latha, D. Prasanna, KPJ Hema Latha, and D. Sri Rami Reddy.
"Production of lovastatin by solid state fermentation by
Penicillium funiculosum NCIM 1174."Drug Invention
Today 3.6 (2011).
 Lee, T. J. H., W. J.; Smith, R. L. Journal of Organic Chemistry
1982, 47, (24), 4750
References
statin of fermentation.pptx

statin of fermentation.pptx

  • 1.
    Presented by: Komal jain M.Pharm Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • 2.
     • Introduction • Historyof statins • Mode of action • Production of statins by fermentation • Lovastatin • Simvastatin • Applications CONTENT
  • 3.
     • The statinsact as competitive inhibitors, specifically inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, a rate limiting step cholesterol biosynthesis. Statins block the conversion of HMG-CoA reductase to malonic acid in the mevalonate pathway .  Class of statins:  Natural Statins: Lovastatin(mevacor), Compactin, Pravastatin (pravachol), Simvastatin (Zocor).  Synthetic Statins: Atorvastatin (Lipitor),Fluvastatin (Lescol). Introduction
  • 4.
  • 5.
      Lovastatin arenatural statins produced as secondary metabolites by predominantly Aspergillus and Penicillium species.  Lovastatin produced by a fungus, Aspergillus terreus isolated by us from tropical soil. Lovastatin was one of the first cholesterol-lowering drugs.  Simvastatin is obtained a selective enzymatic deacylation of lovastatin.  Many statins are now chemically synthesised but lovastatin is still required to produce simvastatin  From reducing blood cholesterol levels simvastatin causes pleotropic effects and has potential to treat various kinds of disorders including neurodegenerative disease . Lovastatin
  • 6.
     Mode of action(lovastatin)
  • 7.
    Production of naturaland semi-synthetic statins by fungi. Simvastatin Pravastatin
  • 8.
    Fermentation method oflovastatin Wheat bran (40g) as substrate Inoculated with spore suspension (107/8ml spores) of A. terreus . Incubated at 280C for 7 days Culturing of A.terreus by Solid State Fermentation (SSF) 8
  • 9.
    Inoculated substrate wasdried at 40◦C for 24h Crushed to powder Ethyl acetate (150 ml) was added Filtrate was dried using rotary vacuum evaporator 9
  • 10.
    One gram ofdried crude lovastatin extract was loaded on to pre-packed silica gel column Elution with benzene (100%), And combination of Benzene: Acetonitrile in the following ratio 95:5, 90:10, 85:15, 80:20 Acetonitrile (100%) Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Purification of lovastatin 10
  • 11.
      Statins alsoreduce hepatic cholesterols leading to reduced gall stone formation and reduced platelet aggregation.  Simvastatin has been found to reduce the incidence of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.  Lovastatin had proven to reduce the coronary heart diseases (CHD) in the patients, by lowering the plasma cholesterol level.  Lovastatin is reduce proliferation of Lung cancer ,Breast cancer, Liver cancer and cervical cancer. Application
  • 12.
      Subhan, M.et al. (2016) Exploitation of Aspergillus terreus for the production of natural statins. J Fungi 2, 1–13. doi:10.3390/jof2020013.  Wolozin, B. et al. (2007) Simvastatin is associated with a reduced incidence of dementia and Parkinson’s disease. BMC Med. 5, 20. doi:10.1186/1741-7015-5-20.  Latha, D. Prasanna, KPJ Hema Latha, and D. Sri Rami Reddy. "Production of lovastatin by solid state fermentation by Penicillium funiculosum NCIM 1174."Drug Invention Today 3.6 (2011).  Lee, T. J. H., W. J.; Smith, R. L. Journal of Organic Chemistry 1982, 47, (24), 4750 References