Computational Prediction of the Phenotypic Effect of Flavonoids on Adiponectin Biosynthesis

J Chem Inf Model. 2023 Feb 13;63(3):856-869. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00033. Epub 2023 Jan 30.

Abstract

In silico machine learning applications for phenotype-based screening have primarily been limited due to the lack of machine-readable data related to disease phenotypes. Adiponectin, a nuclear receptor (NR)-regulated adipocytokine, is relatively downregulated in human metabolic diseases. Here, we present a machine-learning model to predict the adiponectin-secretion-promoting activity of flavonoid-associated phytochemicals (FAPs). We modeled a structure-activity relationship between the chemical similarity of FAPs and their bioactivities using a random forest-based classifier, which provided the NR activity of each FAP as a probability. To link the classifier-predicted NR activity to the phenotype, we next designed a single-cell transcriptomics-based multiple linear regression model to generate the relative adiponectin score (RAS) of FAPs. In experimental validation, estimated RAS values of FAPs isolated from Scutellaria baicalensis exhibited a significant correlation with their adiponectin-secretion-promoting activity. The combined cheminformatics and bioinformatics approach enables the computational reconstruction of phenotype-based screening systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adiponectin*
  • Flavonoids* / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning
  • Phenotype
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • Adiponectin