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Späth J, Brodin T, McCallum E, et al. Metabolomics reveals changes in metabolite profiles due to growth and metamorphosis during the ontogeny of the northern damselfly. J Insect Physiol. 2021;136:104341doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104341.
Späth, J., Brodin, T., McCallum, E., Cerveny, D., Fick, J., & Nording, M. L. (2021). Metabolomics reveals changes in metabolite profiles due to growth and metamorphosis during the ontogeny of the northern damselfly. Journal of insect physiology, 136104341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104341
Späth, Jana, et al. "Metabolomics reveals changes in metabolite profiles due to growth and metamorphosis during the ontogeny of the northern damselfly." Journal of insect physiology vol. 136 (2021): 104341. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104341
Späth J, Brodin T, McCallum E, Cerveny D, Fick J, Nording ML. Metabolomics reveals changes in metabolite profiles due to growth and metamorphosis during the ontogeny of the northern damselfly. J Insect Physiol. 2021 Nov 27;136:104341. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104341. Epub 2021 Nov 27. PMID: 34843740.
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J Insect Physiol. 2021 Nov 27;136:104341. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104341. Epub 2021 Nov 27.

Metabolomics reveals changes in metabolite profiles due to growth and metamorphosis during the ontogeny of the northern damselfly.

Journal of insect physiology

Jana Späth, Tomas Brodin, Erin McCallum, Daniel Cerveny, Jerker Fick, Malin L Nording

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE 90187 Umea, Sweden. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE 90187, Sweden; Department of Wildlife Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE 90183 Umea, Sweden.
  3. Department of Wildlife Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE 90183 Umea, Sweden.
  4. Department of Wildlife Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE 90183 Umea, Sweden; University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Zatisi 728/II, Vodnany, Czech Republic.
  5. Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, SE 90187 Umea, Sweden.

PMID: 34843740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104341

Abstract

Many insects have complex life cycles where a drastic ontogenetic change happens between the larval stages and the adult stage, i.e. metamorphosis. Damselflies (order Odonata, suborder Zygoptera) are widely distributed and ecologically important semi-aquatic insects with a complex life cycle. Phenotypic changes over damselfly ontogeny have been documented, however, if and how metabolite profiles are also changing is currently unknown. Here we used a metabolomics methodology to gain insights into the metabolic changes during the life cycle of the Northern damselfly (Coenagrion hastulatum). Hatchlings of wild-caught damselflies were reared in the laboratory and metabolomics analyses using liquid chromatography and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry were carried out at three larval stages and on adult damselflies. Additionally, a subset of larvae was exposed to wastewater effluent to assess how metabolite profiles responded to an environmental stressor. A total of 212 compounds belonging to several classes (e.g. amino acids, fatty acids, sugars) were annotated. Across metamorphosis, we found that damselflies shifted from protein catabolism to lipid catabolism. Wastewater effluent exposure resulted in ontogenetic stage-dependent changes of individual metabolites, but not to a marked extent. Overall, our study is one of the first to describe changes of metabolite profiles during ontogeny of an insect, and it provides a first step towards a greater understanding of the physiological changes occurring during general insect-but especially damselfly-ontogeny.

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Keywords: Chromatography; Complex life cycle; Mass spectrometry; Odonata; Semi-aquatic invertebrate; Wastewater treatment plant effluent

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