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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2026

Fast activity prediction of chemically modified siRNAs via structure-based energy calculations and inference-augmented tabular deep learning.

Wenchong Tan, Yiheng Dong, Yuanfang Shi, Nanwen Chen, Shimin Ye, Heng Zhang, Ping Chen, Yinglin Zuo, Hongli Du

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Wenchong TanSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.
Yiheng DongSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.
Yuanfang ShiSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.
Nanwen ChenSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.
Shimin YeSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.
Heng ZhangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.
Ping ChenState Key Laboratory of Anti-Infective Drug Discovery and Development, Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd., Dongguan 523871, P.R. China.
Yinglin ZuoState Key Laboratory of Anti-Infective Drug Discovery and Development, Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd., Dongguan 523871, P.R. China.
Hongli DuSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510000, China.

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Abstract

Chemical modification is essential for the clinical application of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), as it improves their stability and specificity. However, predicting the activity of chemically modified siRNAs remains challenging owing to the scarcity of high-quality datasets and the computational expense of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. In this study, we propose fast and robust activity prediction of chemically modified siRNAs via structure-based energy (FRAMEs), a novel framework that combines rapid structural prediction via deep learning with physics-based energy calculations for feature engineering of siRNA modifications. To address data scarcity, FRAMEs employs inference-augmented tabular deep learning to achieve robust activity prediction. The total energy score correlates strongly with experimental IC

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chemical modificationinference augmentationMT: bioinformaticssiRNAstructure-based energytabular deep learningtherapeutic siRNA design

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