Issue 1, 2018

Machine learning provides predictive analysis into silver nanoparticle protein corona formation from physicochemical properties

Abstract

Proteins encountered in biological and environmental systems bind to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) to form a protein corona (PC) that alters the surface chemistry, reactivity, and fate of the ENMs. Complexities such as the diversity of the PC and variation with ENM properties and reaction conditions make the PC population difficult to predict. Here, we support the development of predictive models for PC populations by relating the biophysicochemical characteristics of proteins, ENMs, and solution conditions to PC formation using random forest classification. The resulting model offers a predictive analysis into the population of PC proteins in Ag ENM systems of various ENM sizes and surface coatings. With an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.83 and an F1-score of 0.81, a model with strong performance has been constructed based upon experimental data. The weighted contribution of each variable provides recommendations for mechanistic models based upon protein enrichment classification results. Protein biophysical properties such as pI and size are weighted heavily. Yet, ENM size, surface charge, and solution ionic strength also prove essential to an accurate model. The model can be readily modified and applied to other ENM PC populations. The model presented here represents the first step toward robust predictions of PC fingerprints.

Graphical abstract: Machine learning provides predictive analysis into silver nanoparticle protein corona formation from physicochemical properties

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Maijs 2017
Accepted
22 Sept. 2017
First published
01 Nov. 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2018,5, 64-71

Machine learning provides predictive analysis into silver nanoparticle protein corona formation from physicochemical properties

M. R. Findlay, D. N. Freitas, M. Mobed-Miremadi and K. E. Wheeler, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2018, 5, 64 DOI: 10.1039/C7EN00466D

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