Lipidomics Reveals Dietary Alpha Linolenic Acid Facilitates Metabolism Related to Division of Labor in Honeybee Workers
文献类型： 外文期刊
作者： Zeng, Qingxiao 1 ; Zong, Deqin 2 ; Li, Xiabing 1 ; Zhang, Zihong 1 ; Qiu, Jing 1 ;
作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Qual Stand & Testing Technol Argo Prod, Key Lab Argo Prod Qual & Safety, Minist Agr, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
2.Yunnan Acad Agr Sci, Sericulture & Agr Res Inst, Yunnan 661400, Honghe, Peoples R China
关键词： lipidomic analysis; honeybee worker; alpha linolenic acid (ALA); division of labor
期刊名称：AGRICULTURE-BASEL （ 影响因子：3.6； 五年影响因子：3.8 ）
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年卷期： 2025 年 15 卷 3 期
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收录情况： SCI
摘要： The division of labor among honeybee workers contributes to efficient pollination activities. Lipids play a crucial role in behavioral regulation, with pollen serving as a primary source of these lipids. However, the regulatory effect of pollen lipids on the division of labor of honeybee workers remains to be studied. In this study, an in-depth lipidomic analysis based on HPLC-QTOF-MS and UPLC-IM-QTOF-MS was applied. We conducted the first comprehensive lipidomic profiling of the abdomen, brain, and intestine of emerging, nursing, and foraging bees, as well as pollen, thereby establishing a lipid library comprising 646 lipid species. The lipid composition of pollen was found to exhibit characteristics similar to those of honeybee workers, with alpha linolenic acid (ALA) validated as a key labor characteristic lipid. Moderate dietary ALA supplementation reshaped lipid levels and facilitated metabolism related to the labor of division. These findings advance the field of lipidomic analysis in honeybee workers, revealing a novel behavioral regulator and extending the understanding of the nutritional regulation of ALA in the division of labor among honeybee workers.
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