The lipidome of an omnivorous insect responds to diet composition and social environment.

ABSTRACT: Lipids are biomolecules with essential roles in metabolic processes, signaling, and cellular architecture. In this study, we investigated changes in the lipidome of the house cricket Acheta domesticus subjected to diets of different nutritional composition (i.e., protein to carbohydrate ratio) and two distinct social environments (i.e., solitary or in groups). We measured relative abundances of 811 lipid species in whole-body cricket samples using flow injection analysis coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. We assessed differences in the relative abundances of lipid species induced by diet composition and social environment in female and male A. domesticus. Additionally, we performed a functional analysis of the lipids with significant differences using a recently developed d

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9643132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature