bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.30.124057; this version posted May 31, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Epigenome dysregulation resulting from NSD1 mutation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Nargess Farhangdoost1,2*, Cynthia Horth1,2*, Bo Hu1,2*, Eric Bareke1,2, Xiao Chen3, Yinglu Li3, Mariel Coradin4, Benjamin A. Garcia5, Chao Lu3, Jacek Majewski1,2$. 1 Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada 2 McGill University Genome Centre, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada 3 Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. 4 Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA5 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Penn 5 Epigenetics Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA * Those authors contributed equally to the manuscript $ Corresponding author
[email protected] 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.30.124057; this version posted May 31, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. ABSTRACT Epigenetic dysregulation has emerged as an important mechanism of oncogenesis. To develop targeted treatments, it is important to understand the epigenetic and transcriptomic consequences of mutations in epigenetic modifier genes. Recently, mutations in the histone methyltransferase gene NSD1 have been identified in a subset of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) – one of the most common and deadly cancers.