Engineered MED12 mutations drive uterine fibroid-like transcriptional and metabolic programs by altering the 3D genome compartmentalization [MED12_G44N_2D_RNA_seq]

We employed CRISPR knock-in with a sensitive PCR-based screening strategy to precisely engineer cells with mutant MED12 Gly44. Critically, the engineered myometrial SMC cells recapitulate several UF-like cellular, transcriptional and metabolic alterations, including enhanced proliferation rates in 3D spheres and altered Tryptophan/kynurenine. metabolism Overall design: We then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of MED12-WT,MED12-G44 mutant and MED12-KO hTERT cells.