Bone metastasis is a major cause of cancer death; however, the epigenetic determinants driving this process remain elusive. Here, we report that histone methyltransferase ASH1L is genetically amplified and is required for bone metastasis in men with prostate cancer. ASH1L rewires histone methylations and cooperates with HIF-1α to induce pro-metastatic transcriptome in invading cancer cells, resulting in monocyte differentiation into lipid-associated macrophage (LA-TAM) and enhancing their pro-tumoral phenotype in the metastatic bone niche. We identified IGF-2 as a direct target of ASH1L/HIF-1α and mediates LA-TAMs' differentiation and phenotypic changes by reprogramming oxidative phosphorylation. Pharmacologic inhibition of the ASH1L-HIF-1α-macrophages axis elicits robust anti-metastasis responses in preclinical models. Our study demonstrates epigenetic alterations in cancer cells reprogram metabolism and features of myeloid components, facilitating metastatic outgrowth. It establishes ASH1L as an epigenetic driver priming metastasis and macrophage plasticity in the bone niche, providing a bona fide therapeutic target in metastatic malignancies.
Histone methyltransferase ASH1L primes metastases and metabolic reprogramming of macrophages in the bone niche.
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作者:Meng Chenling, Lin Kevin, Shi Wei, Teng Hongqi, Wan Xinhai, DeBruine Anna, Wang Yin, Liang Xin, Leo Javier, Chen Feiyu, Gu Qianlin, Zhang Jie, Van Vivien, Maldonado Kiersten L, Gan Boyi, Ma Li, Lu Yue, Zhao Di
期刊: | Nature Communications | 影响因子: | 15.700 |
时间: | 2025 | 起止号: | 2025 May 20; 16(1):4681 |
doi: | 10.1038/s41467-025-59381-2 |
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