title: DC-SIGN-ICAM-2 interaction mediates dendritic cell trafficking.
abstract: Dendritic cells (DCs) are recruited from blood into tissues to patrol for foreign antigens. After antigen uptake and processing, DCs migrate to the secondary lymphoid organs to initiate immune responses. We now show that DC-SIGN, a DC-specific C-type lectin, supports tethering and rolling of DC-SIGN-positive cells on the vascular ligand ICAM-2 under shear flow, a prerequisite for emigration from blood. The DC-SIGN-ICAM-2 interaction regulates chemokine-induced transmigration of DCs across both resting and activated endothelium. Thus, DC-SIGN is central to the unusual trafficking capacity of DCs, further supported by the expression of DC-SIGN on precursors in blood and on immature and mature DCs in both peripheral and lymphoid tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Immunology, University Medical Center St Radboud, Philips van Leydenlaan 25, Nijmegen 6525 EX, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Geijtenbeek
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Krooshoop
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bleijs
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: van Vliet
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: van Duijnhoven
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grabovsky
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alon
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Figdor
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: van Kooyk
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D000099215:DC-Specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D037102:Lectins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000099215:DC-Specific ICAM-3 Grabbing Nonintegrin; C065289:ICAM2 protein, human