Aryl sulfotransferase IV (AstIV) from rat liver was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Using the produced mammalian liver enzyme, sulfation-the Phase II conjugation reaction-of optically pure silybin diastereoisomers (silybin A and B) was tested. As a result, silybin B was sulfated yielding 20-O-silybin B sulfate, whereas silybin A was completely resistant to the sulfation reaction. Milligram-scale sulfation of silybin B was optimized employing resting E. coli cells producing AstIV, thus avoiding the use of expensive 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphate cofactor and laborious enzyme purification. Using this approach, we were able to reach 48 % conversion of silybin B into its 20-sulfate within 24 h. The sulfated product was isolated by solid phase extraction and its structure was characterized by HRMS and NMR. Sulfation reaction of silybin appeared strictly stereoselective; only silybin B was sulfated by AstIV.

Institute of Microbiology Laboratory of Biotransformation Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Vídeňská 1083 CZ 14220 Prague Czech Republic

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