Staff

Alena Tierbach

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Alena Tierbach

PhD Student

About Me

I am an interdisciplinary scientist with a deep interest in xenobiotic biotransformation and a flair for design. I have a wide knowledge base in mass spectrometry, molecular biology, and environmental sciences. I feel equally at home wherever you throw me into creative environment with the possibility to answer biological questions with the use of mass spectrometry.

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Curriculum Vitae

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Publications

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Glutathione S-transferase protein expression in different life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Zebrafish is a widely used animal model in biomedical sciences and toxicology. Although evidence for the presence of phases I and II xenobiotic defense mechanisms in zebrafish exists on the transcriptional and enzyme activity level, little is known about the protein expression of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. Given the important role of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in phase II biotransformation, we analyzed cytosolic GST proteins in zebrafish early life stages and different organs of adult male and female fish, using a targeted proteomics approach. The established multiple reaction monitoring-based assays enable the measurement of the relative abundance of specific GST isoenzymes and GST classes in zebrafish through a combination of proteotypic peptides and peptides shared within the same class. GSTs of the classes alpha, mu, pi and rho are expressed in zebrafish embryo as early as 4 h postfertilization (hpf). The majority of GST enzymes are present at 72 hpf followed by a continuous increase in expression thereafter. In adult zebrafish, GST expression is organ dependent, with most of the GST classes showing the highest expression in the liver. The expression of a wide range of cytosolic GST isoenzymes and classes in zebrafish early life stages and adulthood supports the use of zebrafish as a model organism in chemical-related investigations.
Tierbach, A.; Groh, K. J.; Schönenberger, R.; Schirmer, K.; Suter, M. J. -F. (2018) Glutathione S-transferase protein expression in different life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio), Toxicological Sciences, 162(2), 702-712, doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfx293, Institutional Repository

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This member of staff no longer works at Eawag. Please contact info@eawag.ch for further information.

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Research Group

Bioanalytik

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Focalpoints

Biotransformation processes and pathways in alternatives to animal testing

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