Single cell metabolism: current and future trends

Ahmed Ali, Shawn Davidson, Ernest Fraenkel, Ian Gilmore, Thomas Hankemeier, Jennifer A. Kirwan, Andrew N. Lane, Ingela Lanekoff, Mioara Larion, Laura Isobel McCall, Michael Murphy, Jonathan V. Sweedler, Caigang Zhu

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Abstract

Single cell metabolomics is an emerging and rapidly developing field that complements developments in single cell analysis by genomics and proteomics. Major goals include mapping and quantifying the metabolome in sufficient detail to provide useful information about cellular function in highly heterogeneous systems such as tissue, ultimately with spatial resolution at the individual cell level. The chemical diversity and dynamic range of metabolites poses particular challenges for detection, identification and quantification. In this review we discuss both significant technical issues of measurement and interpretation, and progress toward addressing them, with recent examples from diverse biological systems. We provide a framework for further directions aimed at improving workflow and robustness so that such analyses may become commonly applied, especially in combination with metabolic imaging and single cell transcriptomics and proteomics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number77
JournalMetabolomics
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2022

Keywords

  • Metabolic imaging
  • Single cell metabolism
  • Spatial metabolomics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Biochemistry
  • Clinical Biochemistry

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