Journal
EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 4, Pages 483-494Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-020-00529-8
Keywords
Neutral lipid fatty acids; Starvation; Stable-isotope labeling; Soil animal; Biochemistry
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [HE 4593/5-1]
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The fatty acid (FA) composition of lipids in animals is influenced by factors such as species, life stage, availability and type of food, as well as the ability to synthesize certain FAs de novo. We investigated the effect of starvation on the neutral lipid (NLFA) and phospholipid (PLFA) fatty acid patterns of the oribatid miteArchegozetes longisetosusAoki. Furthermore, we performed stable-isotope labeled precursors feeding experiments under axenic conditions to delineate de novo FA synthesis by profiling(13)C and deuterium incorporation via single-ion monitoring. Starvation of mites resulted in a decline in the total amount of NLFAs and significantly changed the fatty acid patterns, indicating that NLFAs were metabolized selectively. Biochemical tracer experiments confirmed that oribatid mites, like other animals, can produce stearic (18:0) and oleic acid (18:1 omega 9) de novo. Mass spectrometric data also revealed that they appear to synthesize linoleic acid [18:2 omega 6,9 = (9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid]-an ability restricted only to a few arthropod taxa, including astigmatid mites. The physiological and biosynthesis processes revealed here are crucial to understand the potential biomarker function of fatty acids-especially 18:2 omega 6,9-in oribatid mites and their applicability in soil animal food web studies.
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