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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2025

T Cells Spatially Regulate B Cell Receptor Signaling in Lymphomas through H3K9me3 Modifications.

Lucy S Britto, Deepali Balasubramani, Sona Desai, Phunterion Phillips, Neev Trehan, Ethel Cesarman, Jean L Koff, Ankur Singh

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lucy S BrittoWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5442-5686
Deepali BalasubramaniWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Sona DesaiWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Phunterion PhillipsWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Neev TrehanSt Richards Hospital, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6SE, UK.
Ethel CesarmanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
Jean L KoffWinship Cancer Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30307, USA.
Ankur SinghWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3501-2277

Funding

(PQ 6) New Models of KSHV Oncogenesis and KS Immune EnvironmentR01CA250074 · NCI · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI CESARMAN, ETHEL · 2020 to 2024
$2.8M
Hydrogel-based Organoids of African-American Lymphomas to Study B Cell Receptor Pathway InhibitorsR01CA266052 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JEAN L KOFF, Ankur Singh · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
Lymphoid Experimental Therapeutics Platform to Study Cooperative Signaling inHuman LymphomasR01CA238745 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SINGH, ANKUR · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Dysregulated mechanoimmunology of epigenetics-driven lymphomasU01CA280984 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Ankur Singh, Cheng Zhu · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
T32 Research Training Program in ImmunoEngineeringT32EB021962 · NIBIB · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI JULIA E BABENSEE · 2017 to 2026
$1.9M
ImmunoEngineering training Grant 2T32EB021962-06A1National Science Foundation Graduate Research FellowshipNCI NIH HHS R01 CA238745NCI NIH HHS R01 CA250074NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266052NCI NIH HHS U01 CA280984NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB021962NIH HHS NCI R01CA238745NIH HHS NCIR01CA250074NIH HHS NCI R01CA266052NIH HHS NCI U01CA280984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activated B cell-like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBCL) is a subtype associated with poor survival outcomes. Despite identifying therapeutic targets through molecular characterization, targeted therapies have limited success. New strategies using immune-competent tissue models are needed to understand how DLBCL cells evade treatment. Here, synthetic hydrogel-based lymphoma organoids are used to demonstrate how signals in the lymphoid tumor microenvironment (Ly-TME) can alter B cell receptor (BCR) signaling and specific histone modifications, tri-methylation of histone 3 at lysine 9 (H3K9me3), dampening the effects of BCR pathway inhibition. Using imaging modalities, T cells increase DNA methyltransferase 3A expression and cytoskeleton formation in proximal ABC-DLBCL cells, regulated by H3K9me3. Expansion microscopy on lymphoma organoids reveals T cells increase the size and quantity of segregated H3K9me3 clusters in ABC-DLBCL cells. Findings suggest the re-organization of higher-order chromatin structures that may contribute to evasion or resistance to therapy via the emergence of novel transcriptional states. Treating ABC-DLBCL cells with a G9α histone methyltransferase inhibitor reverses T cell-mediated modulation of H3K9me3 and overcomes T cell-mediated attenuation of treatment response to BCR pathway inhibition. This study emphasizes the Ly-TME's role in altering DLBCL fate and suggests targeting aberrant signaling and microenvironmental cross-talk that can benefit high-risk patients.

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HistonesLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesCell Line, TumorHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansOrganoidsTumor MicroenvironmentHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonesReceptors, Antigen, B-CellB cellimmunoengineeringlymphoidorganoidsT celltumor

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PMID38837879
PMCPMC11617604

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