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Myeloid cell networks determine reinstatement of original immune environments in recurrent ovarian cancer

Ghisoni, E.; Benedetti, F.; Minasyan, A.; Cunnea, P.; Grimm, A. J.; Fahr, N.; Desbuisson, M.; Capt, C.; Rayroux, N.; Gulhan, D. C.; Dagher, J.; Barras, D.; Morotti, M.; Marin Jimenez, J. A.; De Carlo, F.; Chap, B. S.; Spagnol, G.; Fleury, M.; Fortis, K.; Dorier, J.; Tissot, S.; Rusakiewicz, S.; Ferreira, H. J.; Bassani-Sternberg, M.; Swisher, E. M.; Kandalaft, L.; Mastroyannis, S. A.; Montone, K. T.; Powell, D.; Pittet, M. J.; Tanyi, J. L.; Coukos, G.; Fotopoulou, C.; Conejo-Garcia, J. R.; Dangaj Laniti, D.

2024-05-05 immunology
10.1101/2024.05.02.590528 bioRxiv
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Immunotherapy has produced disappointing results in recurrent ovarian cancer (OC). However, the prognostic value of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) is largely based on the analysis of treatment-naive tumours. To understand the immunobiology of recurrent cancers, and their evolution, we profiled 170 patient-matched primary-recurrent OC samples from 69 patients of two independent cohorts. By capturing heterogeneous TIL distributions, we identified four immune phenotypes associated with differential prognosis, TILs states and TILs:myeloid networks, which dictate malignant evolution after chemotherapy and recurrence. Notably, recurrent tumours recapitulate the immunogenic patterns of original cancers. Mirroring inflamed human OC, preclinical recurrent Brca1mut tumours maintained activated TILs:dendritic cells (DCs) niches and immunostimulatory tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs). Conversely, recurrent Brca1wt tumours displayed loss of TILs:DCs niches and accumulated immunosuppressive myeloid networks featuring Trem2/ApoEhigh TAMs and Nduf4l2high/Galectin3high malignant states. Our study highlights that persistent immunogenicity in recurrent OC is governed by the crosstalk between dissimilar myeloid cells and TILs, which is BRCA-dependent.

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