Macrophages-stimulated PRMT1-mediated EZH2 methylation promotes breast cancer metastasis

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are important monocytes in the breast cancer microenvironment. They facilitate the distant metastasis of breast cancer. However, the detailed mechanisms of TAMderived cancer metastasis have not been clearly elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that PRMT1 is essential for TAM-mediated breast cancer cell migration and metastasis. TAMs increase EZH2 stability by stimulating PRMT1-mediated meR342-EZH2 formation through the secretion of interleukin-6 (IL-6) cytokine. Moreover, high expression levels of TAMs are positively correlated with PRMT1, meR342-EZH2, and EZH2 expression in breast cancer patients. Our study presents a novel mechanism of TAM-induced breast cancer metastasis via the IL-6-PRMT1-meR342-EZH2 axis. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.