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Gregory P Way¹, Maria Kost-Alimova², Tsukasa Shibue²

¹Imaging Platform, Cambridge, MA 02142.

Molecular Biology of the Cell

|February 3, 2021

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We developed a cost-effective method using Cell Painting images and machine learning to predict cell health phenotypes, aiding drug discovery and personalized medicine.

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Area of Science:

Cellular biology
Computational biology
Drug discovery

Background:

Cellular phenotypes, including health indicators, are affected by genetic and chemical perturbations.
These phenotypes are crucial for understanding drug toxicity and antitumorigenic effects in drug discovery and personalized medicine.
Existing methods for measuring cell health phenotypes can be costly and complex.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate an approach for predicting multiple cell health phenotypes using Cell Painting, an image-based morphology assay.
To assess the cost-effectiveness and scalability of using Cell Painting for cell health profiling.
To enable the annotation of existing and future Cell Painting datasets with cell health information.

Main Methods:

Developed two customized microscopy assays to measure 70 specific cell health phenotypes.
Collected matched Cell Painting and cell health data from CRISPR perturbations in three cancer cell lines.
Applied simple machine learning algorithms to predict cell health readouts from Cell Painting images.
Validated predictions using orthogonal assay readouts on a dataset of over 1500 compound perturbations.

Main Results:

Machine learning models accurately predicted numerous cell health readouts directly from Cell Painting images.
The Cell Painting approach achieved predictions at less than half the cost of traditional methods.
Predictions were validated across a large dataset of compound perturbations, demonstrating robustness.
A web application was developed to allow browsing of the predictions.

Conclusions:

Cell Painting combined with machine learning offers a cost-effective and scalable method for predicting cell health phenotypes.
This approach can significantly enhance the value of existing and future Cell Painting datasets by adding cell health annotations.
The findings have implications for accelerating drug discovery and advancing personalized medicine through comprehensive cell health profiling.