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DOI 10.1177/1087057115618348
Title (Primary) A KNIME-based analysis of the zebrafish photomotor response clusters the phenotypes of 14 classes of neuroactive molecules
Author Copmans, D.; Meinl, T.; Dietz, C.; van Leeuwen, M.; Ortmann, J.; Berthold, M.R.; de Witte, P.A.M.
Source Titel Journal of Biomolecular Screening
Year 2016
Department BIOTOX
Volume 21
Issue 5
Page From 427
Page To 436
Language englisch
Supplements https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/1087057115618348/suppl_file/10.1177_1087057115618348_Supp.pdf
Keywords zebrafish; neuroactive drug discovery; photomotor response; data analysis; KNIME
UFZ wide themes RU3;
Abstract Recently, the photomotor response (PMR) of zebrafish embryos was reported as a robust behavior that is useful for high-throughput neuroactive drug discovery and mechanism prediction. Given the complexity of the PMR, there is a need for rapid and easy analysis of the behavioral data. In this study, we developed an automated analysis workflow using the KNIME Analytics Platform and made it freely accessible. This workflow allows us to simultaneously calculate a behavioral fingerprint for all analyzed compounds and to further process the data. Furthermore, to further characterize the potential of PMR for mechanism prediction, we performed PMR analysis of 767 neuroactive compounds covering 14 different receptor classes using the KNIME workflow. We observed a true positive rate of 25% and a false negative rate of 75% in our screening conditions. Among the true positives, all receptor classes were represented, thereby confirming the utility of the PMR assay to identify a broad range of neuroactive molecules. By hierarchical clustering of the behavioral fingerprints, different phenotypical clusters were observed that suggest the utility of PMR for mechanism prediction for adrenergics, dopaminergics, serotonergics, metabotropic glutamatergics, opioids, and ion channel ligands.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=17581
Copmans, D., Meinl, T., Dietz, C., van Leeuwen, M., Ortmann, J., Berthold, M.R., de Witte, P.A.M. (2016):
A KNIME-based analysis of the zebrafish photomotor response clusters the phenotypes of 14 classes of neuroactive molecules
J. Biomol. Screen. 21 (5), 427 - 436 10.1177/1087057115618348