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Table 2 Summary of strategies to induce autoantigen-specific tolDCs in vivo

From: Impact of disease-modifying therapy on dendritic cells and exploring their immunotherapeutic potential in multiple sclerosis

Receptors

Animal model

Coupled antigen

Targeting strategy

Mechanisms

Ref.

DEC205

MOG-induced EAE

MOG

Anti-DEC205

Prevent accumulation of effector T cells

Promote enrichment of anti-MOG transgenic T cells

Induce tolerance by tuning T cell responses through CD5 induction

[165]

Single-chain fragment variables specific for DEC205

Induce a suppressive phenotype of DCs that expresses PD-L1 and secretes IL-10 and TGF-β

Induce activated, IL-10-producing CD4+CD25+ FOXP3+ Tregs

Reduce TH1/TH17 cells

[166]

Anti-DEC205

Expand and induce antigen-specific FOXP3+ T cells

[167]

PLP-induced EAE

PLP

Anti-DEC205

Reduce TH17 cells

Induce CD4+ FOXP3+ Tregs

[168]

MR

PLP-induced EAE

PLP

Mannosylation

Prevent CNS inflammation

Induce a less-vigorous TH1 response

Induce antigen-specific tolerance

[174,175,176]

Langerin

MOG-induced EAE

MOG

Anti-langerin

Expand and induce antigen-specific FOXP3+ T cells

[167]

DC-SIGN

–

–

Coupling anti-DC-SIGN to porous silicon rapamycin-loaded nanoparticles

Promote the generation of Tregs

[191]

DCIR

MOG-induced EAE

MOG

Anti-DCIR2

Expand and induce antigen-specific FOXP3+ T cells

[167]

PLP-induced EAE

PLP

Anti-DCIR2

Induce deletion and/or anergy in PLP-reactive TH1/TH17 cells

Enhance the antigen-specific suppressor activity of FOXP3+ Tregs

[196]

DNGR-1

MOG-induced EAE

–

A fusion of anti-DNGR-1-IFNQ124R

Not shown

[203]

MICL

MOG/PLP-induced EAE

–

Anti-MICL or MICL knockout

Reduce DC infiltration within CNSa

[206]

Siglec-H

MOG-induced EAE

MOG

Anti-Siglec-H

Inhibit CD4+ T cell expansion and TH1/TH17 cell polarization

Fail to induce de novo generation of FOXP3+ Tregs

[211]

TLR9

MOG-induced EAE

–

Type A CpG ODNs

Reduce lymphocyte infiltration within CNS

Induce tolerance phenotype of pDCs

Inhibit TH1/TH17 immune response

Induce expansion of Tregs and production of regulatory cytokines

[222]

MOG/PLP-induced EAE

–

GpG ODNs

Reduce MHC-II expression

Inhibit TH1 immune response

Promote TH2 cell phenotype

Reduce autoreactive B cell diversity

[223, 224]

MOG-induced EAE

MOG

GpG-containing polyelectrolyte multilayers/polyplexes

Restrain TLR9 signaling and DC activation

Inhibit TH1/TH17 immune response

Induce CD4+CD25+ FOXP3+ Tregs

[226, 227]

MHC-II

MOG-induced EAE

MOG

Nanobodies recognizing MHC-II

Induce antigen-specific DC tolerance

Elicit a burst of proliferation, followed by attrition, of MOG-specific CD4+ T cells

[228]

  1. CD cluster of differentiation, CpG cytidine–phosphate–guanosine, DC dendritic cell, DCIR dendritic cell immunoreceptor, DC-SIGN dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing non-integrin, DEC205 dendritic cell receptor for endocytosis-205, DNGR-1 dendritic cell natural killer lectin group receptor-1, EAE experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, IFN interferon, IL-10 interleukin-10, MHC major histocompatibility complex, MICL myeloid inhibitory C-type lectin receptor, MOG myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, MR mannose receptor, ODNs oligodeoxynucleotides, pDCs plasmacytoid DCs, PD-L1 programmed cell death ligand 1, PLP proteolipid protein, Siglec-H Sialic-acid binding immunoglobulin-type lectin-H, TGF-β transforming growth factor-β, TH T helper cells, TLR9 Toll-like receptor 9, Tregs regulatory T cells
  2. aThe MICL-mediated targeting DC-induced immune tolerance strategies remains in its infancy