Journal
BIOMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom11101541
Keywords
amyloid beta; Alzheimer's disease; molecular simulation; machine learning; cerebral amyloid angiopathy
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- APC
- George Mason University
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Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, currently has no cure. This study utilized machine learning techniques and molecular dynamics simulation data to explore the relationship between A beta torsion angles and disease measures. The research has the potential to help determine which specific residues of A beta should be targeted for drug development.
Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, currently has no cure. There are only temporary treatments that reduce symptoms and the progression of the disease. Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the prevalence of plaques of aggregated amyloid beta (A beta) peptide. Recent treatments to prevent plaque formation have provided little to relieve disease symptoms. Although there have been numerous molecular simulation studies on the mechanisms of A beta aggregation, the signaling role has been less studied. In this study, a total of over 38,000 simulated structures, generated from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, exploring different conformations of the A beta 42 mutants and wild-type peptides were used to examine the relationship between A beta torsion angles and disease measures. Unique methods characterized the data set and pinpointed residues that were associated in aggregation and others associated with signaling. Machine learning techniques were applied to characterize the molecular simulation data and classify how much each residue influenced the predicted variant of Alzheimer's Disease. Orange3 data mining software provided the ability to use these techniques to generate tables and rank the data. The test and score module coupled with the confusion matrix module analyzed data with calculations of specificity and sensitivity. These methods evaluating frequency and rank allowed us to analyze and predict important residues associated with different phenotypic measures. This research has the potential to help understand which specific residues of A beta should be targeted for drug development.
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