Rodriguez Galaxia M, Yakubovich Edward, Vanderhyden Barbara C
Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada.
Cancers (Basel). 2023 Dec 2;15(23):5694. doi: 10.3390/cancers15235694.
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer. The disease is often diagnosed after wide-spread dissemination, and the standard treatment combines aggressive surgery with platinum-based chemotherapy; however, most patients experience relapse in the form of peritoneal carcinomatosis, resulting in a 5-year mortality below 45%. There is clearly a need for the development of novel treatments and cancer immunotherapies offering a different approach. Immunotherapies have demonstrated their efficacy in many types of cancers; however, only <15% of EOC patients show any evidence of response. One of the main barriers behind the poor therapeutic outcome is the reduced expression of Major Histocompatibility Complexes class I (MHC I) which occurs in approximately 60% of EOC cases. This review aims to gather and enhance our current understanding of EOC, focusing on its distinct cancer characteristics related to MHC I expression, immunogenicity, antigen presentation, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and various ongoing immunotherapeutic strategies designed to stimulate antitumor immunity.
上皮性卵巢癌(EOC)是最致命的妇科癌症。该疾病通常在广泛扩散后才被诊断出来,标准治疗方法是积极的手术联合铂类化疗;然而,大多数患者会以腹膜癌的形式复发,导致5年死亡率低于45%。显然需要开发新的治疗方法和癌症免疫疗法,提供一种不同的途径。免疫疗法已在多种癌症中证明了其疗效;然而,只有不到15%的EOC患者显示出任何反应的迹象。治疗效果不佳背后的主要障碍之一是约60%的EOC病例中出现的主要组织相容性复合体I类(MHC I)表达降低。这篇综述旨在收集并增进我们目前对EOC的理解,重点关注其与MHC I表达、免疫原性、抗原呈递、上皮-间质转化以及旨在刺激抗肿瘤免疫的各种正在进行的免疫治疗策略相关的独特癌症特征。