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Augustijn, D.; Alia, A. HR-MAS NMR in Plant Metabolomics. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/11998 (accessed on 18 December 2024).
Augustijn D, Alia A. HR-MAS NMR in Plant Metabolomics. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/11998. Accessed December 18, 2024.
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HR-MAS NMR in Plant Metabolomics
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Metabolomics is used to reduce the complexity of plants and to understand the underlying pathways of the plant phenotype. The metabolic profile of plants can be obtained by mass spectrometry or liquid-state NMR. Extraction of metabolites from the sample is necessary for both techniques to obtain the metabolic profile. This extraction step can be eliminated by making use of high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR which allows to get metabolic profile directly in intact plant tissues such as intact leaves. An HR-MAS NMR-based metabolomics workflow is thus established that provide a novel platform for obtaining important information of regular metabolic network non-invasively.

metabolomics plants HR-MAS NMR multivariate analysis

1. Introduction

To understand the biological pathway underlying the phenotype of plants, a systems biology approach can be used [1][2][3]. In systems biology, the information and interaction of the functional physical structure and the genetic information are integrated to provide a comprehensive model of the organism (Figure 1). Different high-throughput technologies are used to study the genetic program of the various -omics fields: genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics.

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Figure 1. In systems biology, the information from the genetic program is integrated with information from functional physical structures to provide a comprehensive model of plants.

Metabolomics was the newest field added to the systems biology toolbox at the beginning of the 21st century. Metabolomics gives a quantitative and qualitative overview of all the metabolites, small molecules with a molecular weight of 30–3000 Da, present in an organism with various properties and functions [4]. There are approximately 1,000,000 different metabolites available in the plant kingdom, which makes metabolomics a challenging field [5]. Moreover, the metabolome changes quite quickly due to circadian rhythm [6][7][8] and environmental stresses [9][10] and differs between organs, tissues and even for single cells [11][12]. The metabolome is most closely related to the phenotype of a plant since metabolites are the end products of cellular processes [13]. Metabolomics is used to study development under normal and abiotic conditions (temperature, light, salt) [14] and biotic stress conditions (fungal, insects) [15][16], the safety assessment of genetically modified crops [17], speed up crop improvements [18], the effect of fruit storage [19] and the detection of food fraud [20][21].

The link between the gene regulatory network and the functional physical structure (the double arrow in Figure 1) is generally considered highly complex, with many pathways and pathway nodes interacting in what are often considered multifactorial processes. While it is undoubtedly flexible and adaptable to environmental constraints, the underlying links for a specific phenotype may turn out to be monofactorial, particularly in plants that can be grown under highly controlled conditions. The ultimate goal is to understand the complexity of organisms using metabolomics and to understand the underlying pathways of the phenotype of the organisms in a general framework [22]. 

2. Analytical Techniques in Metabolomics

To study the metabolic profile of a plant, mass spectrometry (MS) or liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are the most common techniques in metabolomics. Both techniques have their own advantages and limitations, as shown in Table 1. NMR spectroscopy is a method which is non-destructive, with a high reproducibility and allows to quantify metabolites. On the other hand, while MS is more sensitive, allowing to detect more metabolites in a sample, it needs different chromatography techniques such as gas chromatography (GC) or liquid chromatography (LC) for different classes of metabolites [1][2].

Table 1. The advantages and limitations of NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry for metabolic profiling [2][3][4][5].

  NMR spectroscopy Mass Spectroscopy
Sensitivity Low sensitivity, but can be improved with higher field strength and cryo- or microprobes High sensitivity, can reach the detection limit of attomolar (10–18) concentrations
Sample measurement In one measurement with a detectable concentration can be detected Need chromatography techniques for different classes of metabolites
Sample recovery Non-destructive technique
Several analyses can be performed on the same extracted sample		 Destructive technique
Reproducibility Very high Moderate
Quantification Absolute quantitation of metabolites possible by adding one standard with known concentration Quantification is possible with authentic standards, which are not available for newly identified compounds.
Ionisation efficiencies, ion suppression and matrix effects have influences on the concentration.
Targeted or untargeted approach Untargeted and targeted approach Untargeted and targeted approach, mainly used for targeted analysis

For both techniques, the extraction of metabolites from the sample is necessary to obtain the metabolic profile. The drawback of this extraction is that it is not only time-consuming, but also that metabolites might be lost or degraded during extraction [23]. One way to eliminate the extraction procedure is to use high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR, which allows using intact tissue samples [24][25][26].

3. HR-MAS NMR-Based Workflow

Here, authors will explain in more detail an HR-MAS NMR-based workflow and apply the workflow to plant material. The HR-MAS NMR-based workflow is shown in Figure 2. The workflow starts with the harvesting of the leaves from plants for the preparation of a sample in the rotor, followed by performing the HR-MAS NMR experiments. The pulse sequences which can be used in metabolomics are described in Section 5. The data are pre-processed and reduced by bucketing (Section 6). Multivariate analysis is executed in three steps: the detection of outliers, investigation of the variation between different samples, and the selection of potential biomarker candidates (Section 7). Finally, the biomarkers quantification and biological interpretation is explained in a comprehensive systems biology approach by using available information from the literature. This workflow is based on a recently established liquid-state NMR approach [10]. The information about pulse sequences, the pre-processing of the data and multivariate analysis is also applicable to liquid-state NMR data. The advantage of using HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy on leaves is that experiments can be genuinely performed in vivo, which will be illustrated with selected plant metabolomics applications (Section 8). As suggested recently, sample preparations and instrumental setup protocols need to be carefully standardized in order to obtain highly reproducible and reliable data [11].

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Figure 2. A typical high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) NMR-based workflow. OPLS-DA, orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis; PCA, principal component analysis; SUS plot, Shared and unique (SUS) plot.

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