Streptavidin-ZAP [IT-27]
a tool to “piggyback” onto YOUR biotinylated material via streptavidin; targeting cells that recognize YOUR biotinylated material, eliminated via saporin
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Blank-Streptavidin-SAP [IT-27B]
a tool for use as control with streptavidin-saporin conjugates; non-targeted via non-specific biotin-tagged peptide conjugated to streptavidin-saporin
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Streptavidin-ZAP evaluates antibodies for targeted tumor treatment
Characterization of the First Fully Human Anti-Tem1 Scfv in Models of Solid Tumor Imaging and Immunotoxin-Based Therapy. Yuan, X, Yang, M, Chen, X, et al. (2018). Cancer Immunol Immunother 2018/01/10. Streptavidin-ZAP (Cat. #IT-27) Objective: ScFv78 was conjugated with the ribosome-inactivating protein saporin (Streptavidin-ZAP) to evaluate whether scFv78 may be used as a vehicle for theTEM1-targeted
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Targeting Tools: Top Twenty
Top Five Targeted Toxins #1. 192-IgG-SAP (192-Saporin) (Cat. #IT-01) targets cells expressing rat p75NTR #2. Anti-DBH-SAP (Cat. #IT-03) targets cells expressing rat dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) #3. mu p75-SAP (Cat. #IT-16) targets cells expressing mouse p75NTR #4. IB4-SAP (Cat. #IT-10) targets cells expressing α-D-galactopyranoside residues #5. Mac-1-SAP mouse/human (Cat. #IT-06) targets cells expressing mouse / human
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Screening antibodies for cancer therapeutics
Conservation of Oncofetal Antigens on Human Embryonic Stem Cells Enables Discovery of Monoclonal Antibodies against Cancer. Tan HL, Yong C, Tan BZ, Fong WJ, Padmanabhan J, Chin A, Ding V, Lau A, Zheng L, Bi X, Yang Y, & Choo A. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8 (1):11608. This study used both Hum-ZAP (Cat. #IT-22) and Streptavidin-ZAP (Cat. #IT-27)
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Streptavidin-Saporin key ingredient in Immunotoxin Cocktail
Streptavidin-ZAP[Streptavidin conjugated to Saporin](Cat. #IT-27) Objective: To determine if an immunotoxin cocktail targeted to multiple epitopes has synergistic effects on low expression level cells, which would expand the applicable range of immunotoxin therapy for cancer. Summary: The combination of immunotoxins with different mechanisms of action in an antibody cocktail will increase cytotoxic activities and decrease
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Advances in HIV gene therapy
Kitawi R, Ledger S, Kelleher AD, Ahlenstiel CL (2024) Advances in HIV gene therapy. Int J Mol Sci 25(5):2771. doi: doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052771 Objective: This review highlights the various stages of ex vivo gene therapy, current research developments that have increased the efficiency and safety of this process, and a comprehensive summary of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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Targeted depletion of dysfunctional hematopoietic stem cells mitigates myeloid-biased differentiation in aged mice
Ren X, Wang Y, Zhang Y (2025) Targeted depletion of dysfunctional hematopoietic stem cells mitigates myeloid-biased differentiation in aged mice. Cell Discov 11:56. doi: 10.1038/s41421-025-00810-3 PMID: 40490480 Objective: To develop and evaluate a targeted strategy for depleting dysfunctional, myeloid-biased CD150-high hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in aged mice to restore balanced hematopoiesis and mitigate aging-related blood
Divergent sensory pathways of sneezing and coughing
Jiang H, Cui H, Chen M, Li F, Shen X, Guo CJ, Hoekel GE, Zhu Y, Han L, Wu K, Holtzman MJ, Liu Q (2024) Divergent sensory pathways of sneezing and coughing. Cell 187(21):5981-5997. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.009 PMID: 39243765 Objective: To study the difference in sensory receptors and neurotransmission/modulation mechanisms between sneezing and coughing. Summary: Sneezing
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Selective haematological cancer eradication with preserved haematopoiesis
Garaudé S, Marone R, Lepore R, Devaux A, Beerlage A, Seyres D, Dell’ Aglio A, Juskevicius D, Zuin J, Burgold T, Wang S, Katta V, Manquen G, Li Y, Larrue C, Camus A, Durzynska I, Wellinger LC, Kirby I, Van Berkel PH, Kunz C, Tamburini J, Bertoni F, Widmer CC, Tsai SQ, Simonetta F, Urlinger
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