Review Article

Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy: The Importance of Dendritic Cell Migration

Table 2

DC migration-related factors.

ClassificationNameCharacteristicsReferences

Chemokines/cytokinesCCR7(i) Induction of DC migration from the skin to the LN via CCL21-expressing lymphatics
(ii) Lamina propria (LP)-DC in the small intestine induces migration of mDC toward CCL21
[67, 74]
CCR8(i) Promotion of CD301b+ cDC2 migration[83]
CCL25/CCR9(i) Plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) recruited in metastatic LNs and carcinoma tissue[75]
IFN-I(i) Induction pDC migration[76]
IL-10(i) Through enhancing adhesion, impairment the migration ability of mDCs[77]
TGF-β1(i) Inhibition of DC migration from tumors into tumor-dLN[84]
TNF(i) Induction LCs migration to dLN[85]

Genes/proteinsEnpp2(i) Increase of mDC migration activity[78]
Fascin1(i) Podosome disassembly in mDC and cDC1[86, 87]
Pdlim4(i) Involvement of CCR-JNK-mediated migration of mDCs
(ii) Regulation of F-actin rearrangement and dendrite formation
[46]
PD-L1(i) Loss of PD-L1, impairs dermal DC migration from skin to LN[88]
β2 integrin(i) CD11c+CD103+ DC recruitment to the infection site by Trichuris muris[64]

ReceptorsMet(i) Enhancement of DC adhesion to laminin
(ii) Induction of emigration of DC/LC from the epidermis
[8991]
PTPN12(i) Induction of DC migration to dLN
(ii) Augmentation of phosphorylation of PYK2 and paxillin
[92]

OtherPGE2(i) Induction of CCR7 expression in monocyte-derived DCs (MoDCs)
(ii) Reorganizing the F-actin cytoskeleton, regulating the migration of DCs
[60, 79]
lnc-DPf3(i) CCR7-induced DC migration
(ii) Suppression DC migration by inhibiting HIR-1α-dependent glycolysis
[68]

Abbreviations. CCR7, C–C chemokine receptor type 7; CCL25, C–C motif chemokine ligand 25; IFN-I, type 1 interferon, IL-10, interleukin 10; TGF-β1, tumor growth factor β1; TNF, tumor necrosis factor, Enpp2, ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 2; Fascin1, Fascin actin-bundling protein 1; Pdlim4, PDZ and Lim domain protein 4; PD-L1, programmed death-ligand 1; Met, mesenchymal epithelial transition; PTPN12, protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 12; PGE2, prostaglandin E2; lnc-DPf3, long noncoding RNA DPf3; LP-DC, lamina propria-DC; pDCs, plasmacytoid DCs; LCs, langerhans cells; dLN, draining LN; MoDCs, monocyte-derived DCs.