Frontiers in Neuroinformatics (Feb 2024)

Comparing feature selection and machine learning approaches for predicting CYP2D6 methylation from genetic variation

  • Wei Jing Fong,
  • Hong Ming Tan,
  • Rishabh Garg,
  • Ai Ling Teh,
  • Ai Ling Teh,
  • Hong Pan,
  • Varsha Gupta,
  • Varsha Gupta,
  • Bernadus Krishna,
  • Zou Hui Chen,
  • Natania Yovela Purwanto,
  • Fabian Yap,
  • Kok Hian Tan,
  • Kok Hian Tan,
  • Kok Yen Jerry Chan,
  • Kok Yen Jerry Chan,
  • Shiao-Yng Chan,
  • Shiao-Yng Chan,
  • Nicole Goh,
  • Nikita Rane,
  • Ethel Siew Ee Tan,
  • Yuheng Jiang,
  • Mei Han,
  • Michael Meaney,
  • Dennis Wang,
  • Dennis Wang,
  • Jussi Keppo,
  • Geoffrey Chern-Yee Tan,
  • Geoffrey Chern-Yee Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2023.1244336
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17

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IntroductionPharmacogenetics currently supports clinical decision-making on the basis of a limited number of variants in a few genes and may benefit paediatric prescribing where there is a need for more precise dosing. Integrating genomic information such as methylation into pharmacogenetic models holds the potential to improve their accuracy and consequently prescribing decisions. Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a highly polymorphic gene conventionally associated with the metabolism of commonly used drugs and endogenous substrates. We thus sought to predict epigenetic loci from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to CYP2D6 in children from the GUSTO cohort.MethodsBuffy coat DNA methylation was quantified using the Illumina Infinium Methylation EPIC beadchip. CpG sites associated with CYP2D6 were used as outcome variables in Linear Regression, Elastic Net and XGBoost models. We compared feature selection of SNPs from GWAS mQTLs, GTEx eQTLs and SNPs within 2 MB of the CYP2D6 gene and the impact of adding demographic data. The samples were split into training (75%) sets and test (25%) sets for validation. In Elastic Net model and XGBoost models, optimal hyperparameter search was done using 10-fold cross validation. Root Mean Square Error and R-squared values were obtained to investigate each models’ performance. When GWAS was performed to determine SNPs associated with CpG sites, a total of 15 SNPs were identified where several SNPs appeared to influence multiple CpG sites.ResultsOverall, Elastic Net models of genetic features appeared to perform marginally better than heritability estimates and substantially better than Linear Regression and XGBoost models. The addition of nongenetic features appeared to improve performance for some but not all feature sets and probes. The best feature set and Machine Learning (ML) approach differed substantially between CpG sites and a number of top variables were identified for each model.DiscussionThe development of SNP-based prediction models for CYP2D6 CpG methylation in Singaporean children of varying ethnicities in this study has clinical application. With further validation, they may add to the set of tools available to improve precision medicine and pharmacogenetics-based dosing.

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