RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA

One of the most abundant non-canonical bases widely occurring on various RNA molecules is 5-methyluridine (m5U). Recent studies have revealed its influences on the development of breast cancer, systemic lupus erythematosus, and the regulation of stress responses. The accurate identification of m<...

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Main Authors: Zhirou Li, Jinge Mao, Daiyun Huang, Bowen Song, Jia Meng
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Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/21/13493
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author Zhirou Li
Jinge Mao
Daiyun Huang
Bowen Song
Jia Meng
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Jinge Mao
Daiyun Huang
Bowen Song
Jia Meng
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description One of the most abundant non-canonical bases widely occurring on various RNA molecules is 5-methyluridine (m5U). Recent studies have revealed its influences on the development of breast cancer, systemic lupus erythematosus, and the regulation of stress responses. The accurate identification of m<sup>5</sup>U sites is crucial for understanding their biological functions. We propose RNADSN, the first transfer learning deep neural network that learns common features between tRNA m<sup>5</sup>U and mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U to enhance the prediction of mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U. Without seeing the experimentally detected mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U sites, RNADSN has already outperformed the state-of-the-art method, m5UPred. Using mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U classification as an additional layer of supervision, our model achieved another distinct improvement and presented an average area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.9422 and an average precision (AP) of 0.7855. The robust performance of RNADSN was also verified by cross-technical and cross-cellular validation. The interpretation of RNADSN also revealed the sequence motif of common features. Therefore, RNADSN should be a useful tool for studying m<sup>5</sup>U modification.
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spelling doaj.art-ac5e9ca8cc974aceacb80aa6c92cbdc52023-11-24T05:08:52ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1661-65961422-00672022-11-0123211349310.3390/ijms232113493RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNAZhirou Li0Jinge Mao1Daiyun Huang2Bowen Song3Jia Meng4School of AI and Advanced Computing, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, ChinaSchool of AI and Advanced Computing, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, ChinaOne of the most abundant non-canonical bases widely occurring on various RNA molecules is 5-methyluridine (m5U). Recent studies have revealed its influences on the development of breast cancer, systemic lupus erythematosus, and the regulation of stress responses. The accurate identification of m<sup>5</sup>U sites is crucial for understanding their biological functions. We propose RNADSN, the first transfer learning deep neural network that learns common features between tRNA m<sup>5</sup>U and mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U to enhance the prediction of mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U. Without seeing the experimentally detected mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U sites, RNADSN has already outperformed the state-of-the-art method, m5UPred. Using mRNA m<sup>5</sup>U classification as an additional layer of supervision, our model achieved another distinct improvement and presented an average area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.9422 and an average precision (AP) of 0.7855. The robust performance of RNADSN was also verified by cross-technical and cross-cellular validation. The interpretation of RNADSN also revealed the sequence motif of common features. Therefore, RNADSN should be a useful tool for studying m<sup>5</sup>U modification.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/21/134935-methyluridinedeep neural networktransfer learningRNA modificationsite prediction
spellingShingle Zhirou Li
Jinge Mao
Daiyun Huang
Bowen Song
Jia Meng
RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
5-methyluridine
deep neural network
transfer learning
RNA modification
site prediction
title RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA
title_full RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA
title_fullStr RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA
title_full_unstemmed RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA
title_short RNADSN: Transfer-Learning 5-Methyluridine (m<sup>5</sup>U) Modification on mRNAs from Common Features of tRNA
title_sort rnadsn transfer learning 5 methyluridine m sup 5 sup u modification on mrnas from common features of trna
topic 5-methyluridine
deep neural network
transfer learning
RNA modification
site prediction
url https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/21/13493
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