Ser107Pro links difficulty awakening in the morning to adiposity through circadian regulation of adipose thermogenesis.

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Modern lifestyles often disturb circadian rhythms, yet the genetic circuits that convert this stress into metabolic dysfunction remain poorly defined. Here, we identify a missense variant in (rs11676272; Ser107Pro) as a pleiotropic regulator of circadian preference and adiposity. Using genome-wide pleiotropy analysis in ~480,000 UK Biobank participants, we show that the G risk allele (Pro107) increases morningness, BMI, and fat mass in European (N=451,324) and African (N=8,738) ancestry groups, with behavioral amplification by morning difficulty awakening observed in Europeans, power limited interaction modeling in other populations. Structural modeling and transcriptomic analysis suggest this allele destabilizes ADCY3 and alters adipose-specific splicing and expression. In mice, is rhythmically expressed in adipose tissue, with the conserved Pro107 site showing BMAL1 binding and cold-inducible activation. Human adipose expression also increases after weight loss. Together, these findings reveal a genotype-dependent, behaviorally modifiable axis linking difficulty awakening to adipose thermogenesis and obesity risk.

Year of Publication
2025
Journal
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Date Published
07/2025
ISSN
2692-8205
DOI
10.1101/2025.07.28.667339
PubMed ID
40766578
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