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186 CHAPITRE 5. ADAPTATIONS RESPIRATOIRES DE S. MESATLANTICA<br />

Sodium <strong>and</strong> potassium - Sodium <strong>and</strong> potassium concentrations are determined using a flame photometer<br />

(Radiometer FLM3, Copenhagen, Denmark).<br />

Calcium <strong>and</strong> magnesium - calcium <strong>and</strong> magnesium concentrations were determined using the<br />

colorimetric kits Ca-kit 61041 <strong>and</strong> Mg-kit 61411 from Biomérieux, France.<br />

L-lactate <strong>and</strong> urate - L-lactate <strong>and</strong> urate concentrations were determined using the L-lactic acid<br />

Enzytec fluid kit from Scil Diagnostics GmbH, Germany <strong>and</strong> the AU PAP 150 kit from Biomérieux,<br />

France.<br />

Hemocyanin purification<br />

Native hemolymph was analyzed by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) using a Superose-<br />

6 10/300 GL column (Amersham Bioscience) at an elution rate of 0.5 ml/min with a crustacean<br />

physiological saline buffer (500 mM NaCl, 10 mM KCl, 30 mM MgSO4, 20 mM CaCl2, 50 mM<br />

Tris, pH 7.8, modified from Chausson et al. (2004)). Absorbance was recorded at 280 nm <strong>and</strong> 340 nm<br />

for protein <strong>and</strong> Hc detection, respectively. Complex proportions were determined using the area under<br />

each Hc elution peak.<br />

For purification, native hemolymph was injected <strong>and</strong> complexes were separated using the same<br />

method but at an elution rate of 0.25 ml/min. Dodecameric <strong>and</strong> hexameric fractions were collected<br />

<strong>and</strong> concentrated on centrifugal filters (10 kDa Microcon - Millipore).<br />

Multi-angle laser-light scattering (MALLS)<br />

Native mass of the Hc complexes was determined using multi-angle laser-light scattering. A<br />

MALLS device (Dawn EOS, Wyatt Technology, USA) was connected at the end of the SEC system<br />

previously described, along with a refractive index (RI) detector (Waters 2414). The dn/dc value<br />

taken for Hc is 0.190 ml/g, typical of non-glycosylated proteins. Masses are determined using the Astra<br />

4.90.08 software (Wyatt Technology, USA) <strong>and</strong> employing the Zimm fit method. Normalization<br />

of the signals from the MALLS detectors was performed using BSA (Sigma).<br />

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS)<br />

Hemocyanin samples were analyzed by ESI-MS in non-covalent (supramolecular ESI-MS) <strong>and</strong><br />

in denaturing conditions in order to determine the masses of the complexes <strong>and</strong> of their constituting<br />

subunits, respectively. Analyses were performed on 25 individuals, for each of which whole hemolymph<br />

was analyzed in non-covalent <strong>and</strong> denaturing conditions <strong>and</strong> purified dodecamers <strong>and</strong> hexamers<br />

were analyzed in denaturing conditions. All samples used for ESI-MS were desalted through<br />

concentration-dilution cycles using 10 kDa Microcon (Millipore) prior to analysis. Typically, 30 µl of

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