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Mass spectrometry imaging: An emerging technology for the analysis of metabolites in insects
Author(s) -
Yang FeiYing,
Chen JunHui,
Ruan QianQian,
Saqib Hafiz S. A.,
He WeiYi,
You MinSheng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/arch.21643
Subject(s) - biology , mass spectrometry imaging , insect , metabolomics , agriculture , biodiversity , computational biology , ecology , mass spectrometry , bioinformatics , chemistry , chromatography
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.