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MechAInistic: An LLM-guided Multi-Agent System for Reasoning over Genome-Scale Constraint-Based Metabolic Models.

Josh Loecker1,2, Narayna Puraja1,3, William Bryant1,3

  • 1Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, US.

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MechAInistic uses AI to simplify complex metabolic modeling for biological research. This system translates natural language questions into executable workflows, generating therapeutic hypotheses for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.

Keywords:
Agentic AIarchitect-reviewer patternconstraint-based modelingdrug repurposingmechanistic AImetabolic modelingworkflow orchestration

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Area of Science:

  • Computational biology
  • Systems biology
  • Artificial intelligence in medicine

Background:

  • Constraint-based metabolic modeling offers mechanistic insights into cellular states and diseases.
  • Effective metabolic modeling requires significant computational expertise and multi-step analysis coordination.
  • Existing methods present a high barrier for researchers without specialized computational skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop MechAInistic, an AI-powered system to lower the barrier for complex biological question-answering using metabolic models.
  • To enable researchers to query metabolic models using natural language.
  • To automate the generation of executable workflows and structured reports from natural language queries.

Main Methods:

  • MechAInistic is a multi-agent system utilizing large language models (LLMs) with an Architect-Reviewer pattern.
  • It converts natural language biological questions into executable, model-grounded workflows.
  • The system supports pathway comparison, perturbation analysis, drug-target exploration, and literature interpretation for paired healthy and disease states.

Main Results:

  • MechAInistic successfully generated therapeutic hypotheses in two immune-cell use-cases.
  • For rheumatoid arthritis (Naive B cells), it identified mitochondrial metabolic rewiring and proposed Devimistat/CPI-613 targeting OGDH.
  • For multiple sclerosis (CD4+ Th17 cells), it identified NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase as a target and suggested Ivosidenib for drug repurposing.

Conclusions:

  • MechAInistic effectively democratizes constraint-based metabolic modeling by enabling natural language querying.
  • The system demonstrates potential for therapeutic hypothesis generation in complex diseases.
  • MechAInistic facilitates the exploration of cellular metabolism for drug discovery and repurposing.