CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines

The function of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is largely determined by its specific location within a cell. Previous methods have used noisy datasets, including mRNA transcripts in tools intended for lncRNAs, and excluded lncRNAs lacking significant differential localization between the cytoplasm and...

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Main Authors: Shubham Choudhury, Naman Kumar Mehta, Gajendra P. S. Raghava
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbinf.2025.1585794/full
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description The function of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is largely determined by its specific location within a cell. Previous methods have used noisy datasets, including mRNA transcripts in tools intended for lncRNAs, and excluded lncRNAs lacking significant differential localization between the cytoplasm and nucleus. In order to overcome these shortcomings, a method has been developed for predicting cytoplasm-associated lncRNAs in 15 human cell-lines, identifying which lncRNAs are more abundant in the cytoplasm compared to the nucleus. All models in this study were trained using five-fold cross validation and tested on an validation dataset. Initially, we developed machine and deep learning based models using traditional features like composition and correlation. Using composition and correlation based features, machine learning algorithms achieved an average AUC of 0.7049 and 0.7089, respectively for 15 cell-lines. Secondly, we developed machine based models developed using embedding features obtained from the large language model DNABERT-2. The average AUC for all the cell-lines achieved by this approach was 0.665. Subsequently, we also fine-tuned DNABERT-2 on our training dataset and evaluated the fine-tuned DNABERT-2 model on the validation dataset. The fine-tuned DNABERT-2 model achieved an average AUC of 0.6336. Correlation-based features combined with ML algorithms outperform LLM-based models, in the case of predicting differential lncRNA localization. These cell-line specific models as well as web-based service are available to the public from our web server (https://webs.iiitd.edu.in/raghava/cytolncpred/).
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spelling doaj-art-b13fb26954af4abdb4308e99324c1c2b2025-08-20T03:48:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioinformatics2673-76472025-05-01510.3389/fbinf.2025.15857941585794CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-linesShubham ChoudhuryNaman Kumar MehtaGajendra P. S. RaghavaThe function of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is largely determined by its specific location within a cell. Previous methods have used noisy datasets, including mRNA transcripts in tools intended for lncRNAs, and excluded lncRNAs lacking significant differential localization between the cytoplasm and nucleus. In order to overcome these shortcomings, a method has been developed for predicting cytoplasm-associated lncRNAs in 15 human cell-lines, identifying which lncRNAs are more abundant in the cytoplasm compared to the nucleus. All models in this study were trained using five-fold cross validation and tested on an validation dataset. Initially, we developed machine and deep learning based models using traditional features like composition and correlation. Using composition and correlation based features, machine learning algorithms achieved an average AUC of 0.7049 and 0.7089, respectively for 15 cell-lines. Secondly, we developed machine based models developed using embedding features obtained from the large language model DNABERT-2. The average AUC for all the cell-lines achieved by this approach was 0.665. Subsequently, we also fine-tuned DNABERT-2 on our training dataset and evaluated the fine-tuned DNABERT-2 model on the validation dataset. The fine-tuned DNABERT-2 model achieved an average AUC of 0.6336. Correlation-based features combined with ML algorithms outperform LLM-based models, in the case of predicting differential lncRNA localization. These cell-line specific models as well as web-based service are available to the public from our web server (https://webs.iiitd.edu.in/raghava/cytolncpred/).https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbinf.2025.1585794/fulllncRNAcytoplasm localizationmachine learningDNABert-2cell-line specific localization
spellingShingle Shubham Choudhury
Naman Kumar Mehta
Gajendra P. S. Raghava
CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines
Frontiers in Bioinformatics
lncRNA
cytoplasm localization
machine learning
DNABert-2
cell-line specific localization
title CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines
title_full CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines
title_fullStr CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines
title_full_unstemmed CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines
title_short CytoLNCpred-a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non-coding RNAs in 15 cell-lines
title_sort cytolncpred a computational method for predicting cytoplasm associated long non coding rnas in 15 cell lines
topic lncRNA
cytoplasm localization
machine learning
DNABert-2
cell-line specific localization
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbinf.2025.1585794/full
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