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Modulation of CD4 Th Cell Differentiation by Ganglioside G_D1a In Vitro¹

Weiping Shen^*, Rustom Falahati, Ryan Stark, David Leitenberg^*, and Stephan Ladisch^2,*

^* Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20010; and Department of Immunology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20037

Cell surface gangliosides are shed by tumors into their microenvironment. In this study they inhibit cellular immune responses, including APC development and function, which is critical for Th1 and Th2 cell development. Using human dendritic cells (DCs) and naive CD4⁺ T cells, we separately evaluated Th1 and Th2 development under the selective differentiating pressures of DC1-inducing pertussis toxin (PT) and DC2-inducing cholera toxin (CT). High DC IL-12 production after PT exposure and high DC IL-10 production after CT exposure were observed, as expected. However, when DCs were first preincubated with highly purified G_D1a ganglioside, up-regulation of costimulatory molecules was blunted, and PT-induced IL-12 production was reduced, whereas CT-induced IL-10 production was increased. The combination of these effects could contribute to a block in the Th1 response. In fact, when untreated naive T cells were coincubated with ganglioside-preincubated, Ag-exposed DCs, naive Th cell differentiation into Th effector cells was reduced. Both the subsequent DC1-induced T cell production of IFN- (Th1 marker) and DC2-induced T cell IL-4 production (Th2) were inhibited. Thus, ganglioside exposure of DC impairs, by at least two distinct mechanisms, the ability to induce Th differentiation, which could adversely affect the development of an effective cellular antitumor immune response.

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