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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

m6ACali: machine learning-powered calibration for accurate m6A detection in MeRIP-Seq.

Haokai Ye, Tenglong Li, Daniel J Rigden, Zhen Wei

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Haokai YeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
Tenglong LiWisdom Lake Academy of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
Daniel J RigdenInstitute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, L7 8TX Liverpool, UK.
Zhen WeiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1614-9614
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Funding

AI University Research Centre KSF-P-02National Natural Science Foundation of China 31671373XJTLU Key Program Special Fund KSF-T-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present m6ACali, a novel machine-learning framework aimed at enhancing the accuracy of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) epitranscriptome profiling by reducing the impact of non-specific antibody enrichment in MeRIP-Seq. The calibration model serves as a genomic feature-based classifier that refines the identification of m6A sites, distinguishing those genuinely present from those that can be detected in in-vitro transcribed (IVT) control experiments. We find that m6ACali effectively identifies non-specific binding peaks reported by exomePeak2 and MACS2 in novel MeRIP-Seq datasets without the need for paired IVT controls. The model interpretation revealed that off-target antibody binding sites commonly occur at short exons and short mRNAs, originating from high read coverage regions that share the motif sequence with true m6A sites. We also reveal that the ML strategy can efficiently adjust differentially methylated peaks and other antibody-dependent, base-resolution m6A detection techniques. As a result, m6ACali offers a promising method for the universal enhancement of m6A profiles generated by MeRIP-Seq experiments, elevating the benchmark for omics-level m6A data integration.

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AdenosineMachine LearningSequence Analysis, RNACalibrationHumansMethylationRNA, MessengerTranscriptomeAdenosineN-methyladenosineRNA, Messenger

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PMID38634812
PMCPMC11109940
OpenAlexW4394919305

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