Review Article

The Role of Chemoattractant Receptors in Shaping the Tumor Microenvironment

Table 4

Chemoattractant GPCRs associated with tumor metastasis.

Tumor typeGPCRsLigandsMetastatic sites

Bladder cancerBLT2LTB4Lung [171]
CCR2CCL2Lung [329]
CXCR6CXCL16Perineural and lymphovascular invasion [330]

Breast cancerBLT2LTB4Lung [173]
CCR2CCL2Lung [85, 148], bone [148]
CCR4CCL17/22Lung [139, 194, 331]
CCR5CCL5Lung [200, 201], lymph node [25, 332]
CCR6Pleura [333]
CCR7CCL19/21Lymph node [218, 334337]
Skin [333]
CCR8CCL1Lymph node [32]
CCR9CCL25Lymph nodes and gastrointestinal tract [238]
CXCR1CXCL8Bone [338, 339]
CXCR2Lung [340], bone [341]
CXCR3CXCL9Lung [342]
CXCL10Bone [343], lung [344]
CXCR4CXCL12Lymph node [328, 336, 337, 345], bone [346348], lung [328, 346, 349], liver [333]
CXCR5CXCL13Lymph node [282]
CXCR6CXCL16Lymph node [350]
CXCR7CXCL12Lung, greater omentum, and lymph nodes [351]
CX3CR1Brain [333]

Cervical cancerCXCR4CXCL12Lymph node [352]
CXCR4/7CXCL12Lymph node [353, 354]

Colorectal cancerCCR1CCL7/9/15Liver [355357]
CCR2CCL2Liver [151, 358], lung [359]
CCL7Liver [356]
CCR3CCL7Liver [356]
CCR5CCL5Liver and lung [203]
CCR6CCL20Liver [207, 360]
CCR7CCL21Lymph node [219, 220, 361]
CXCR1/2Liver [247]
CXCR2CXCL1Lymph node [261], liver [362]
CXCL8Skin [363]
CXCR3CXCL9Lymph node [364]
CXCL10Lymph node [364], lung [365]
CXCL11Lung [365]
CXCR6CXCL16Liver [289, 366]
CXCR4CXCL12Liver [367370], lymph node [371, 372], brain [373]

Esophageal cancerCCR7CCL21Lymph node [374376]
CXCR2Lymph node [377]
CXCR4CXCL12Lung [378, 379], liver [378, 379], lymph node [378, 380], peritoneum [379], retroperitoneum [379]

Gastric cancerFPR1/2/3Annexin A1Peritoneum [159]
CCR2CCL2Lymph node [381]
CCR4CCL17Lymph node, lung, and bone [194]
CCR5CCL5Lymph node [204]
CCR7Lymph node [30, 382, 383]
CXCR2CXCL1Lymph node [262]
CXCR4CXCL12Lymph node [382, 384387], peritoneum [388390], liver [387]

GliomaCXCR4/7CXCL12Bone marrow [299]
Lymph node, distant organs [391]

Head and neck squamous cell carcinomaCCR4CCL22Lymph node [198]
CCR6CCL20Lymph node [216, 392]
CCR7CCL19/21Lymph node [227, 230232, 393]
CXCR2CXCL1/8Lymph node [394, 395]
CXCR4CXCL12Lymph node [393, 396], lung [397, 398]
CXCR5CXCL13Bone [399]
XCR1XCL1Lymph node [313]

Hepatocellular carcinomaCCR7Intrahepatic metastasis, lymph node [400]
CXCR4CXCR12Lung [401], bone [402, 403], lymph node [404]
CXCR6CXCL16Lung [3]
CXCR7CXCL12Lung [300, 405]

LymphomaCCR7CCL21Lymph node [237]

LeukemiaCCR8CCL1Lymph node [32]
CXCR4CXCL12Extramedullary sites (liver, kidney, spleens, and peripheral blood) [406]

MelanomaFPR1/2/3Annexin A1Lung [407]
PAFRPAFLung [166, 408, 409]
CCR2CCL2Lung [410]
CCR3Brain [411]
CCR4CCL22Brain [197, 411]
CCR5CCL4Lung [412, 413]
CCR7CCL21Lymph node [221, 222, 244, 414], liver [415]
CCR8CCL1Lymph node [32]
CCR9CCL25Small intestinal [416, 417]
CCR10CCL27Skin [243, 244]
CXCR2CXCL8Lung [418]
CXCR3CXCL10Lymph node [419, 420], bone [421]
CXCR4CXCL2Lung [244, 422424]

NeuroblastomaCXCR3CXCL10Bone marrow [425]
CXCR4CXCL12Bone [426428], liver [429, 430], kidney [430], bone marrow [428, 430]
CXCR5CXCL13Bone marrow [284]
CXCR4/7CXCL12Bone marrow [302]
CX3CR1CX3L1Bone marrow [305]

Non-small-cell lung cancerC5aRLymph node [169]
CCR4CCL22Bone [431]
CCR6CCL20Adrenal specific metastasis [211]
CCR7CCL19/21Lymph node [29, 226, 432]
CXCR2CXCL5Hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes, chest wall, and contralateral lung; extrathoracic distant metastases (para-aortic lymph nodes, liver, adrenal glands, kidneys, spleen, and diaphragm) [266]
CXCR4CXCL12Lungs, liver, bone marrow, adrenal glands [433], pleural [434], brain [433, 435]
CX3CR1Brain and liver [436]

OsteosarcomaCCR7CCL21Lymph node [334]
CXCR3CCL9/10/11Lung [437]
CXCR4CXCL12Lung [438]
CXCR7CXCL12Lung [439]

Ovarian carcinomaBLT2Diaphragm, intestine, and mesentery (intraperitoneal dissemination) [178]
CCR3CCL5Liver, bowel, and spleen [184]
CCR9CCL25Small intestinal [440]
CXCR4CXCL12Pelvic [441], lymph node [442, 443], peritoneum [444]
CXCR6CXCL16Lymph node [443]
XCR1XCL1/2Diaphragm, peritoneal wall, colon, spleen, and liver [312], peritoneum [312]

Pancreatic cancerCCR2CCL2Liver [92, 445], peritoneal [445]
CCR7CCL21Lymph node [228, 446]
CXCR4/7CXCL12Liver [447, 448], lung [448], lymph node [449]

Prostate cancerCCR2CCL2Bone [450]
CCR7CCL21Lymph node [229]
CXCR1/2CXCL8Lymph node [451]
CXCR3CXCL4/10Lymph node, liver, lung, adrenal [279]
CXCR4CXCL12Bone [133, 452, 453]
CXCR5CXCL13Bone [288]
CXCR6CXCL16Bone [133, 294, 453], liver [294]
CX3CR1CX3CL1Bone [310]

Renal cell carcinomaCCR1/3CCL15Bone [454]
CCR5CCL3Lung [326]

Thyroid papillary cancerCCR7CCL21Lymph node [455, 456]
CXCR1/2CXCL8Lymph node [255]
CXCR4Lymph node [455, 457, 458]
CXCR7Lymph node [459]