DeepSCM: An efficient convolutional neural network surrogate model for the screening of therapeutic antibody viscosity

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Abstract

Predicting high concentration antibody viscosity is essential for developing subcutaneous administration. Computer simulations provide promising tools to reach this aim. One such model is the spatial charge map (SCM) proposed by Agrawal and coworkers (mAbs. 2015, 8(1):43–48). SCM applies molecular dynamics simulations to calculate a score for the screening of antibody viscosity at high concentrations. However, molecular dynamics simulations are computationally costly and require structural information, a significant application bottleneck. In this work, high throughput computing was performed to calculate the SCM scores for 6596 nonredundant antibody variable regions. A convolutional neural network surrogate model, DeepSCM, requiring only sequence information, was then developed based on this dataset. The linear correlation coefficient of the DeepSCM and SCM scores achieved 0.9 on the test set (N = 1320). The DeepSCM model was applied to screen the viscosity of 38 therapeutic antibodies that SCM correctly classified and resulted in only one misclassification. The DeepSCM model will facilitate high concentration antibody viscosity screening. The code and parameters are freely available at https://github.com/Lailabcode/DeepSCM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2143-2152
Number of pages10
JournalComputational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Volume20
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Antibody viscosity
  • Convolutional neural network
  • Deep learning
  • Developability
  • Molecular dynamics simulations
  • Spatial charge map

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