TY - JOUR
T1 - All-trans retinoic acid enhances murine dendritic cell migration to draining lymph nodes via the balance of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors
AU - Darmanin, Stephanie
AU - Chen, Jian
AU - Zhao, Songji
AU - Cui, Hongyan
AU - Shirkoohi, Reza
AU - Kubo, Naoki
AU - Kuge, Yuji
AU - Tamaki, Nagara
AU - Nakagawa, Koji
AU - Hamada, Jun Ichi
AU - Moriuchi, Tetsuya
AU - Kobayashi, Masanobu
PY - 2007/10/1
Y1 - 2007/10/1
N2 - Cancers escape immune surveillance through the manipulation of the host's immune system. Sequestration of dendritic cells (DCs) within tumor tissues and the subsequent inhibition of their migration is one of the several mechanisms by which tumors induce immunosuppression. In view of recent findings depicting the improvement of tumor immune responses in cancer patients following all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment, we sought to identify the effects of ATRA on DC mobility in the context of tumor immunotherapy. Our results demonstrate that ATRA, added to differentiating murine bone marrow progenitor cells, enhances the invasive capacity of the resulting DCs. Immature DCs injected intratumorally in mice show increased accumulation in draining lymph nodes, but not in nondraining lymph nodes and spleens, when differentiated in the presence of ATRA. The in vitro migration of mature DCs through the basement membrane matrix toward the lymphoid chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 is enhanced in these cells, albeit not in the presence of a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor. An increase in MMP production with a simultaneous decrease in the production of their inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase or TIMPs) is provoked by ATRA. This affects the MMP/TIMP balance in DCs, in particular that of MMP-9 and TIMP-1, favoring protease activity and thus allowing for enhanced DC mobilization. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that ATRA is capable of improving DC trafficking in a tumor milieu and, in view of the encouraging results obtained in the clinic, further supports the notion that ATRA might be a valuable chemical adjuvant to current immunotherapeutic strategies for cancer.
AB - Cancers escape immune surveillance through the manipulation of the host's immune system. Sequestration of dendritic cells (DCs) within tumor tissues and the subsequent inhibition of their migration is one of the several mechanisms by which tumors induce immunosuppression. In view of recent findings depicting the improvement of tumor immune responses in cancer patients following all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment, we sought to identify the effects of ATRA on DC mobility in the context of tumor immunotherapy. Our results demonstrate that ATRA, added to differentiating murine bone marrow progenitor cells, enhances the invasive capacity of the resulting DCs. Immature DCs injected intratumorally in mice show increased accumulation in draining lymph nodes, but not in nondraining lymph nodes and spleens, when differentiated in the presence of ATRA. The in vitro migration of mature DCs through the basement membrane matrix toward the lymphoid chemokines CCL19 and CCL21 is enhanced in these cells, albeit not in the presence of a matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitor. An increase in MMP production with a simultaneous decrease in the production of their inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase or TIMPs) is provoked by ATRA. This affects the MMP/TIMP balance in DCs, in particular that of MMP-9 and TIMP-1, favoring protease activity and thus allowing for enhanced DC mobilization. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that ATRA is capable of improving DC trafficking in a tumor milieu and, in view of the encouraging results obtained in the clinic, further supports the notion that ATRA might be a valuable chemical adjuvant to current immunotherapeutic strategies for cancer.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.179.7.4616
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.179.7.4616
M3 - Article
C2 - 17878359
AN - SCOPUS:49449112574
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 179
SP - 4616
EP - 4625
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 7
ER -