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Preclinical Models and Clinical Situation 43<br />

Table 3 Selected Mechanisms of Immune Suppression in Tumor-Bearing Hosts and Intervening Strategies<br />

Preclinical evidence for synergy<br />

with cancer vaccines (selected<br />

examples) Reference<br />

Form of immunosuppression Therapeutic agent Mechanism of action<br />

See text 91–94<br />

See text 95–100<br />

Cyclophosphamide Induces apoptosis in Tregs<br />

and/or downregulation of<br />

GITR and FoxP3 gene<br />

expression<br />

Ontak Binds to high-affinity IL-2<br />

receptor expressed on<br />

Tregs; death by intracellular<br />

Accumulation of CD4 þ CD25 þ<br />

regulatory T cells (Tregs)<br />

expressing GITR and<br />

FoxP3 ? reduces effector<br />

T cell function<br />

101–103<br />

Mice with 4–5 mm C3<br />

or 3–5 mm Meth A<br />

fibrosarcomas treated<br />

with tumor-specific<br />

peptide in CFA or DCs<br />

transduced with p53,<br />

respectively þ implanted<br />

ATRA pellet: tumor size<br />

reduced 3–5-fold vs.<br />

accumulation of toxin<br />

Induces differentiation<br />

of ImCs; restores “normal”<br />

myeloid dendritic cell/<br />

plasmacytoid dendritic<br />

cell ratio<br />

All-trans-retinoic<br />

acid (ATRA)<br />

Accumulation of immature<br />

myeloid cells (ImCs) ?<br />

loss of TCR x chain; block<br />

production of IFN-g by<br />

T cells<br />

104<br />

control<br />

No published studies testing<br />

MT1 in combination with<br />

cancer vaccines.<br />

Competitive inhibitor of IDO,<br />

thus preventing tryptophan<br />

catabolism<br />

1-methyl-tryptophan<br />

(1MT)<br />

Elevated levels of indoleamine<br />

2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) in<br />

APCs and tumor cells that<br />

degrades tryptophan ?<br />

effector T cell anergy/<br />

apoptosis<br />

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