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Researchers discover new combination therapy approach for metastatic ovarian cancer

November 21, 2024
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The Wistar Institute’s Nan Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center’s Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, and colleagues have discovered a new approach to treating ovarian cancer, that in preclinical laboratory testing, shrinks tumors and improves survival rates while simultaneously making tumors more receptive to chemotherapy treatment.

Their findings appear in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in a paper titled “Myeloid activation clears ascites and reveals IL27-dependent regression of metastatic ovarian cancer.”

“This is the first time researchers have been able to indirectly target ovarian cancer cells in peritoneal fluid by inducing an immune reaction, in preclinical models,” said Zhang. “We look forward to taking this research further—particularly our findings on the role of IL27—so we can continue to identify other strategies to improve this new anti-ovarian-cancer approach.”

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer; patients with metastatic ovarian cancer have a 30% chance of surviving for five years after their diagnosis. The danger of metastasis (when cancer spreads throughout the body) is exacerbated in ovarian cancer for two main reasons:

  • Ovarian cancer is naturally resistant to chemotherapy, so its presence anywhere is difficult to combat.
  • Ovarian cancer tends to metastasize through peritoneal fluid into the peritoneal cavity, which is the larger space in the body that houses the stomach and intestines. Cancer in the peritoneal cavity is especially dangerous because the area is naturally immunosuppressive and limits the body’s response to any tumors.

To combat the challenge of ovarian cancer, Zhang and his collaborators turned to a possible solution from nearly a century ago. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, New York surgeon William B. Coley achieved a cure rate greater than 10% for some cancers by injecting patients with dead pathogens. Scientists later reasoned that this anti-cancer effect was the result of the immune system’s activation of myeloid cells. Those are the plentiful cells in the peritoneal cavity that—when activated—can mount a cancer-killing response.

Building on this concept, Zhang and the team designed an approach that specifically activates myeloid cells within the peritoneal cavity through a combination of treatment with β-glucan, a pathogen-derived activator of myeloid cells, and interferon-gamma (IFNγ). Preliminary reports suggest the approach can work to reverse immunosuppression around tumors.

Their findings confirmed that this combination therapy worked when tested in preclinical lab models. After treating metastatic ovarian cancer models with both β-glucan and IFNγ, the total tumor burden shrank substantially relative to controls. This disease reversal was consistent even in chemotherapy-resistant strains of ovarian cancer, which the team also modeled.

“Our work has opened the door to a possible new method of treating a particularly aggressive cancer,” said Brennah Murphy, Ph.D., first author of the paper. “Ovarian cancer is infamous for resisting treatment, but we’ve shown—at the preclinical level—our treatment overcomes that resistance.”

More information:
Brennah Murphy et al, Myeloid activation clears ascites and reveals IL27-dependent regression of metastatic ovarian cancer, Journal of Experimental Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1084/jem.20231967

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Polycystic ovaries
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain

The Wistar Institute’s Nan Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center’s Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, and colleagues have discovered a new approach to treating ovarian cancer, that in preclinical laboratory testing, shrinks tumors and improves survival rates while simultaneously making tumors more receptive to chemotherapy treatment.

Their findings appear in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in a paper titled “Myeloid activation clears ascites and reveals IL27-dependent regression of metastatic ovarian cancer.”

“This is the first time researchers have been able to indirectly target ovarian cancer cells in peritoneal fluid by inducing an immune reaction, in preclinical models,” said Zhang. “We look forward to taking this research further—particularly our findings on the role of IL27—so we can continue to identify other strategies to improve this new anti-ovarian-cancer approach.”

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer; patients with metastatic ovarian cancer have a 30% chance of surviving for five years after their diagnosis. The danger of metastasis (when cancer spreads throughout the body) is exacerbated in ovarian cancer for two main reasons:

  • Ovarian cancer is naturally resistant to chemotherapy, so its presence anywhere is difficult to combat.
  • Ovarian cancer tends to metastasize through peritoneal fluid into the peritoneal cavity, which is the larger space in the body that houses the stomach and intestines. Cancer in the peritoneal cavity is especially dangerous because the area is naturally immunosuppressive and limits the body’s response to any tumors.

To combat the challenge of ovarian cancer, Zhang and his collaborators turned to a possible solution from nearly a century ago. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, New York surgeon William B. Coley achieved a cure rate greater than 10% for some cancers by injecting patients with dead pathogens. Scientists later reasoned that this anti-cancer effect was the result of the immune system’s activation of myeloid cells. Those are the plentiful cells in the peritoneal cavity that—when activated—can mount a cancer-killing response.

Building on this concept, Zhang and the team designed an approach that specifically activates myeloid cells within the peritoneal cavity through a combination of treatment with β-glucan, a pathogen-derived activator of myeloid cells, and interferon-gamma (IFNγ). Preliminary reports suggest the approach can work to reverse immunosuppression around tumors.

Their findings confirmed that this combination therapy worked when tested in preclinical lab models. After treating metastatic ovarian cancer models with both β-glucan and IFNγ, the total tumor burden shrank substantially relative to controls. This disease reversal was consistent even in chemotherapy-resistant strains of ovarian cancer, which the team also modeled.

“Our work has opened the door to a possible new method of treating a particularly aggressive cancer,” said Brennah Murphy, Ph.D., first author of the paper. “Ovarian cancer is infamous for resisting treatment, but we’ve shown—at the preclinical level—our treatment overcomes that resistance.”

More information:
Brennah Murphy et al, Myeloid activation clears ascites and reveals IL27-dependent regression of metastatic ovarian cancer, Journal of Experimental Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1084/jem.20231967

Provided by
The Wistar Institute

Citation:
Researchers discover new combination therapy approach for metastatic ovarian cancer (2024, November 21)
retrieved 21 November 2024
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This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no
part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.


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