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1 June 2000 CHARACTERIZATION OF LIPOPROTEINS ISOLATED FROM THE HEMOLYMPH OF THE SPIDER LATRODECTUS MIRABILIS (ARANEAE, THERIDIIDAE)
Mónica Cunningham, Alda González, Ricardo Pollero
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Abstract

Two high density lipoprotein fractions (HDL1 and HDL2) were isolated from the hemolymphatic plasma of the spider Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg 1876). For each, the hydrated density, the electrophoresis mobility of the apoproteins, and the lipid classes composition were determined. The HDL1 fraction carried 80% of the total plasma lipids, which were predominantly composed of phospholipids, free fatty acids, and triacylglycerols. The apoprotein composition of this fraction showed two main bands of 90 and 103 kDa. The HDL2 fraction was composed primarily of phospholipids, free fatty acids and cholesterol. This fraction contained hemocyanin as the principal apoprotein. When the HDL2 fraction was separated into three subfractions, all of them contained hemocyanin, with the main subfraction containing the hexameric form of the respiratory pigment. With regard to triacylglycerol transport, lipid and apoprotein compositions and hemocyanin role in the lipid transport, these lipoproteins (HDL1, HDL2) show similarities and differences when compared to the two spider species already studied.

Mónica Cunningham, Alda González, and Ricardo Pollero "CHARACTERIZATION OF LIPOPROTEINS ISOLATED FROM THE HEMOLYMPH OF THE SPIDER LATRODECTUS MIRABILIS (ARANEAE, THERIDIIDAE)," The Journal of Arachnology 28(1), 49-55, (1 June 2000). https://doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202(2000)028[0049:COLIFT]2.0.CO;2
Received: 1 December 1997; Published: 1 June 2000
KEYWORDS
hemolymph
Latrodectus
LIPOPROTEINS
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