Explainable convolutional neural network model provides an alternative genome-wide association perspective on mutations in SARS-CoV-2

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Main Authors: Hatami, Parisa, Annan, Richard, Miranda, Luis Urias, Gorman, Jane, Xie, Mengjun, Qingge, Letu, Qin, Hong
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author Hatami, Parisa
Annan, Richard
Miranda, Luis Urias
Gorman, Jane
Xie, Mengjun
Qingge, Letu
Qin, Hong
author_facet Hatami, Parisa
Annan, Richard
Miranda, Luis Urias
Gorman, Jane
Xie, Mengjun
Qingge, Letu
Qin, Hong
contents Identifying mutations of SARS-CoV-2 strains associated with their phenotypic changes is critical for pandemic prediction and prevention. We compared an explainable convolutional neural network (CNN) approach and the traditional genome-wide association study (GWAS) on the mutations associated with WHO labels of SARS-CoV-2, a proxy for virulence phenotypes. We trained a CNN classification model that can predict genomic sequences into Variants of Concern (VOCs) and then applied Shapley Additive explanations (SHAP) model to identify mutations that are important for the correct predictions. For comparison, we performed traditional GWAS to identify mutations associated with VOCs. Comparison of the two approaches shows that the explainable neural network approach can more effectively reveal known nucleotide substitutions associated with VOCs, such as those in the spike gene regions. Our results suggest that explainable neural networks for genomic sequences offer a promising alternative to the traditional genome wide analysis approaches.
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spellingShingle Explainable convolutional neural network model provides an alternative genome-wide association perspective on mutations in SARS-CoV-2
Hatami, Parisa
Annan, Richard
Miranda, Luis Urias
Gorman, Jane
Xie, Mengjun
Qingge, Letu
Qin, Hong
Genomics
Machine Learning
Identifying mutations of SARS-CoV-2 strains associated with their phenotypic changes is critical for pandemic prediction and prevention. We compared an explainable convolutional neural network (CNN) approach and the traditional genome-wide association study (GWAS) on the mutations associated with WHO labels of SARS-CoV-2, a proxy for virulence phenotypes. We trained a CNN classification model that can predict genomic sequences into Variants of Concern (VOCs) and then applied Shapley Additive explanations (SHAP) model to identify mutations that are important for the correct predictions. For comparison, we performed traditional GWAS to identify mutations associated with VOCs. Comparison of the two approaches shows that the explainable neural network approach can more effectively reveal known nucleotide substitutions associated with VOCs, such as those in the spike gene regions. Our results suggest that explainable neural networks for genomic sequences offer a promising alternative to the traditional genome wide analysis approaches.
title Explainable convolutional neural network model provides an alternative genome-wide association perspective on mutations in SARS-CoV-2
topic Genomics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22452