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Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy 6/2010

01-06-2010 | Original Article

Foxp3+ cell infiltration and granzyme B+/Foxp3+ cell ratio are associated with outcome in neoadjuvant chemotherapy-treated ovarian carcinoma

Authors: Martin Pölcher, Michael Braun, Nicolaus Friedrichs, Christian Rudlowski, Eva Bercht, Rolf Fimmers, Axel Sauerwald, Mignon-Denise Keyver-Paik, Kirsten Kübler, Reinhard Büttner, Walther C. Kuhn, Juan-José Hernando

Published in: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy | Issue 6/2010

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Abstract

Preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) can significantly reduce tumour burden in patients with primarily unresectable chemosensitive tumours, allowing a more complete cytoreduction during debulking surgery and facilitating evaluation of tumour chemosensitivity, identification of appropriate treatment options and improvement of intervention protocols. In this study, we investigate, using immunohistochemistry, the impact of platinum/taxane-based NAC (NAC) on tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and their relationship with clinical outcome. All patients had clinical response, as shown by ascites volume and CA125 levels compared to pre-treatment findings. NAC intervention significantly increased CD4+, CD8+ and granzyme B+ infiltration while Foxp3+ accumulation remained unaffected. TILs were prognostically neutral for both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) before NAC. In contrast, after NAC, elevated granzyme B+ infiltration displayed a tendency for improved PFS (log-rank 0.064). Further, low Foxp3+ cell density was associated with longer PFS, as compared with strong Foxp3+ infiltration (median 20.94 vs. 11.24 months; log-rank 0.0001) and with improved OS (median 30.75 vs. 16.04 months, respectively; log-rank 0.056), demonstrating clear prognostic significance for PFS. In addition, high granzyme B+/Foxp3+ ratio post-NAC strongly correlated with improved PFS compared to low granzyme B+/Foxp3+ cell ratio (median 17.88 vs. 11.24 months, respectively), and showed to be a favourable prognostic factor for PFS (log-rank 0.014). Our findings indicate that NAC elicited an immunologic profile in which low immunosuppressive Foxp3+ infiltration and elevated numbers of activated granzyme B+ cells were significantly associated with EOC-specific PFS, suggesting a contribution of immunologic effects to improved clinical outcome.
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Metadata
Title
Foxp3+ cell infiltration and granzyme B+/Foxp3+ cell ratio are associated with outcome in neoadjuvant chemotherapy-treated ovarian carcinoma
Authors
Martin Pölcher
Michael Braun
Nicolaus Friedrichs
Christian Rudlowski
Eva Bercht
Rolf Fimmers
Axel Sauerwald
Mignon-Denise Keyver-Paik
Kirsten Kübler
Reinhard Büttner
Walther C. Kuhn
Juan-José Hernando
Publication date
01-06-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0340-7004
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0851
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-010-0817-1

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