Alessandro Giardino1, Giulio Innamorati2, Stefano Ugel3, Omar Perbellini4, Roberto Girelli5, Isabella Frigerio5, Paolo Regi5, Filippo Scopelliti5, Giovanni Butturini5, Salvatore Paiella6, Matilde Bacchion7, Claudio Bassi6. 1. Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Unit, Ospedale Dott. Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, VR, Italy. Electronic address: giardinochir@gmail.com. 2. LURM - Research Laboratory, University of Verona, Italy. 3. Immunology, University of Verona, Italy. 4. Ematology Research Laboratory, Vicenza Hospital, VI, Italy. 5. Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Unit, Ospedale Dott. Pederzoli, Peschiera del Garda, VR, Italy. 6. Pancreas Institute, University of Verona, Italy. 7. General Surgery Department, Pederzoli Hospital, Peschiera del Garda, VR, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE/ BACKGROUND: RFA of pancreatic cancer has been demonstrated to be feasible and safe with a positive impact on survival. The aim was to investigate whether an immune reaction is activated after locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) ablation. METHODS: Peripheral Blood samples were obtained preoperatively and on post-operative days 3-30. Evaluated parameters were: cells [CD4+, CD8+ and activated subsets, T-Reg, Monocytes, myeloid and plasmocytoid Dendritic cells (mDC and pDC)] and cytokines [Interleukin (IL)-6, Stromal-cells derived factor (SDF)-1, IL-1β, Tumour-Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α, Interferon (IFN)-γ, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 (CCL-5), Transforming-Growth Factor (TGF)-β]. RESULTS: Ten patients were enrolled. CD4+, CD8+ and TEM increased from day 3 suggesting the activation of the adaptive response. Immunosuppressive T-Reg cells were stable despite the possibility that laparotomy and heating might favour their expansion. Myeloid DCs, that present tumour-associated antigens, increased at day 30. RFA dramatically increased circulating IL-6 at day 3 but this decreased to baseline by day 30, consistent with the supposed anti-tumour effect. RFA did not significantly modulate essential chemokines, such as CCL-5 and SDF1, VEGF, TGF-β and TNF-α, that favour tumour-growth by sustaining cancer angiogenesis and fuelling tumour-associated inflammation. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence of RFA-based immunomodulation in LAPC. We observed a general activation of adaptive response along with a decrease of immunosuppression. Furthermore, most cells showed prolonged activation some weeks after the procedure, suggesting true immunomodulation rather than a normal inflammatory response.
OBJECTIVE/ BACKGROUND: RFA of pancreatic cancer has been demonstrated to be feasible and safe with a positive impact on survival. The aim was to investigate whether an immune reaction is activated after locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) ablation. METHODS: Peripheral Blood samples were obtained preoperatively and on post-operative days 3-30. Evaluated parameters were: cells [CD4+, CD8+ and activated subsets, T-Reg, Monocytes, myeloid and plasmocytoid Dendritic cells (mDC and pDC)] and cytokines [Interleukin (IL)-6, Stromal-cells derived factor (SDF)-1, IL-1β, Tumour-Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α, Interferon (IFN)-γ, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 (CCL-5), Transforming-Growth Factor (TGF)-β]. RESULTS: Ten patients were enrolled. CD4+, CD8+ and TEM increased from day 3 suggesting the activation of the adaptive response. Immunosuppressive T-Reg cells were stable despite the possibility that laparotomy and heating might favour their expansion. Myeloid DCs, that present tumour-associated antigens, increased at day 30. RFA dramatically increased circulating IL-6 at day 3 but this decreased to baseline by day 30, consistent with the supposed anti-tumour effect. RFA did not significantly modulate essential chemokines, such as CCL-5 and SDF1, VEGF, TGF-β and TNF-α, that favour tumour-growth by sustaining cancer angiogenesis and fuelling tumour-associated inflammation. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first evidence of RFA-based immunomodulation in LAPC. We observed a general activation of adaptive response along with a decrease of immunosuppression. Furthermore, most cells showed prolonged activation some weeks after the procedure, suggesting true immunomodulation rather than a normal inflammatory response.
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