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Mass spectrometry imaging: An emerging technology for the analysis of metabolites in insects |
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| Authors: | Fei-Ying Yang Jun-Hui Chen Qian-Qian Ruan Hafiz S. A. Saqib Wei-Yi He Min-Sheng You |
| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China International Joint Research Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China Institute of Applied Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China;2. State Key Laboratory for Ecological Pest Control of Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China |
| Abstract: | Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) can visualize the composition, abundance, and spatial distribution of molecules in tissues or cells, which has been widely used in the research of life science. Insects, especially the agricultural pests, have received a great deal of interests from the scientists in biodiversity and food security. This review introduces the major characteristics of MSI, summarizes its application to the investigation of insect endogenous metabolites, exogenous metabolites, and the spatiotemporal changes of metabolites between insects and plants, and discusses its shortfalls and perspectives. The significance of these concerns is beneficial for future insect research such as physiology and metabolism. |
| Keywords: | endogenous metabolite exogenous metabolites in situ characterization spatial metabolomics |