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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Immune responses rely on the rapid and coordinated migration of leukocytes.
Whereas it is well established that single-cell migration is often guided by gradients
of chemokines and other chemoattractants, it remains poorly understood how these
gradients are generated, maintained, and modulated. By combining experimental
data with theory on leukocyte chemotaxis guided by the G protein–coupled receptor
(GPCR) CCR7, we demonstrate that in addition to its role as the sensory receptor
that steers migration, CCR7 also acts as a generator and a modulator of chemotactic
gradients. Upon exposure to the CCR7 ligand CCL19, dendritic cells (DCs) effectively
internalize the receptor and ligand as part of the canonical GPCR desensitization
response. We show that CCR7 internalization also acts as an effective sink for
the chemoattractant, dynamically shaping the spatiotemporal distribution of the
chemokine. This mechanism drives complex collective migration patterns, enabling
DCs to create or sharpen chemotactic gradients. We further show that these self-generated
gradients can sustain the long-range guidance of DCs, adapt collective migration
patterns to the size and geometry of the environment, and provide a guidance cue
for other comigrating cells. Such a dual role of CCR7 as a GPCR that both senses
and consumes its ligand can thus provide a novel mode of cellular self-organization.
acknowledgement: "We thank I. de Vries and the Scientific Service Units (Life Sciences,
Bioimaging, Nanofabrication, Preclinical and Miba Machine Shop) of the Institute
of Science and Technology Austria for excellent support, as well as all the rotation
students assisting in the laboratory work (B. Zens, H. Schön, and D. Babic).\r\nThis
work was supported by grants from the European Research Council under the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research to M.S. (grant agreement no. 724373) and to E.H. (grant
agreement no. 851288), and a grant by the Austrian Science Fund (DK Nanocell W1250-B20)
to M.S. J.A. was supported by the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and Research
Council of Finland's Flagship Programme InFLAMES (decision number: 357910). M.C.U.
was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 754411."
article_number: adc9584
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author:
- first_name: Jonna H
full_name: Alanko, Jonna H
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last_name: Alanko
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- first_name: Mehmet C
full_name: Ucar, Mehmet C
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last_name: Ucar
orcid: 0000-0003-0506-4217
- first_name: Nikola
full_name: Canigova, Nikola
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last_name: Canigova
orcid: 0000-0002-8518-5926
- first_name: Julian A
full_name: Stopp, Julian A
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last_name: Stopp
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Schwarz, Jan
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last_name: Schwarz
- first_name: Jack
full_name: Merrin, Jack
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last_name: Merrin
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- first_name: Edouard B
full_name: Hannezo, Edouard B
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last_name: Hannezo
orcid: 0000-0001-6005-1561
- first_name: Michael K
full_name: Sixt, Michael K
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last_name: Sixt
orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179
citation:
ama: Alanko JH, Ucar MC, Canigova N, et al. CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink
for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration. Science Immunology.
2023;8(87). doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584
apa: Alanko, J. H., Ucar, M. C., Canigova, N., Stopp, J. A., Schwarz, J., Merrin,
J., … Sixt, M. K. (2023). CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate
collective leukocyte migration. Science Immunology. American Association
for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584
chicago: Alanko, Jonna H, Mehmet C Ucar, Nikola Canigova, Julian A Stopp, Jan Schwarz,
Jack Merrin, Edouard B Hannezo, and Michael K Sixt. “CCR7 Acts as Both a Sensor
and a Sink for CCL19 to Coordinate Collective Leukocyte Migration.” Science
Immunology. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584.
ieee: J. H. Alanko et al., “CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19
to coordinate collective leukocyte migration,” Science Immunology, vol.
8, no. 87. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023.
ista: Alanko JH, Ucar MC, Canigova N, Stopp JA, Schwarz J, Merrin J, Hannezo EB,
Sixt MK. 2023. CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective
leukocyte migration. Science Immunology. 8(87), adc9584.
mla: Alanko, Jonna H., et al. “CCR7 Acts as Both a Sensor and a Sink for CCL19 to
Coordinate Collective Leukocyte Migration.” Science Immunology, vol. 8,
no. 87, adc9584, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023, doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.adc9584.
short: J.H. Alanko, M.C. Ucar, N. Canigova, J.A. Stopp, J. Schwarz, J. Merrin, E.B.
Hannezo, M.K. Sixt, Science Immunology 8 (2023).
date_created: 2023-09-06T08:07:51Z
date_published: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-12-21T14:30:01Z
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