The C-8 phenol group is essential to exert the bioactivities of daphnetin, but it is readily conjugated with glucuronic acid prior to excretion. In this study, daphnetin-7-methylether (7M-DNP) was used to investigate the effect of 7-methyl substitution on daphnetin glucuronidation in human/rat liver (HLM/RLM) and intestine (HIM/RIM) microsomes, and recombinant UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs). Compared with daphnetin, the Vmax /Km values of 7M-DNP via 8-O-glucuronidation were 2.1-fold lower in HLM, 1.7-fold lower in HIM, and 2.4-fold lower in RLM, suggesting an improvement in metabolic stability. Different from daphnetin 8-O-glucuronidation exclusively catalyzed by UGT1A6 and UGT1A9, UGT1A1, -1A3, -1A7, -1A8, and -1A9 showed glucuronidation activity toward 7M-DNP. Kinetics studies, chemical inhibition, and the relative activity factor approach were used to demonstrate that UGT1A9 was mainly responsible for the reaction in HLM, whereas UGT1A1 was a primary contributor in HIM. The Vmax /Km values of 7M-DNP glucuronidation in HLM and HIM were 0.61-0.74-fold lower than those of rat, suggesting the differences between the two species. The bioactivity analysis demonstrated that 7M-DNP had an anti-inflammatory activity comparable to that of daphnetin. These findings indicated that the outcomes of 7-methyl substitution on daphnetin might be positive, but this should be confirmed in future in vivo studies.
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