XCR1+ and CD11b+ migratory dendritic cells cooperate for the crosspriming of intratumoral CD8+ T cells with a tissue-resident memory phenotype [RNA-Seq]

In a murine model of lung cancer, we have addressed the role of dendritic cell subsets on the generation of various types of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells. We show that CD44+PD1- effector and PD1+TIM3+ exhausted, tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells require XCR1+ DC1s but not IRF4-dependent CD11b+ DC2s.

By contrast, CD103+CD69+ TRM-like, tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells require both DC1s and DC2s. The same requirement is found in tumor-draining lymph nodes where we identify CD103+ TRM-like precursors that are dependent on both XCR1+ DC1s and CD11b+, migratory DC2s. Mechanistically, we evidence that both types of migratory DCs cooperate.