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Homma, H, Kobatake, N, Sekimoto, Y, Saito, M, Mochizuki, Y, Okamoto, T, Nakazato, K, Nishiyama, T, and Kikuchi, N. Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor rs41274853 polymorphism is associated with weightlifting performance in Japanese weightlifters. J Strength Cond Res 34(11): 3037-3041, 2020-At least 69 genetic markers are associated with power athlete status. In the present study, we investigated the genotype frequency of the ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (CNTFR) rs41274853 polymorphism and the association between specific CNTFR genotype and weightlifting performance in Japanese weightlifters. One hundred sixty-five Japanese weightlifters (103 men and 62 women) and 338 controls (122 men and 216 women) participated in the present case-control study. Saliva samples were collected using the Oragene DNA self-collection kit and genotyping for the CNTFR (rs41274853) polymorphism was performed using the TaqMan assay. A questionnaire, noting each subject's best record in an official weightlifting competition, was used to obtain the weightlifting performance. The frequencies of the CNTFR genotypes CC, CT, and TT were 56, 32, 12% in the weightlifters, and 53, 40, and 7% in the controls, respectively. There was no significant difference in CNTFR genotype frequencies between the weightlifters and controls. However, the frequency of the CT + TT genotype was significantly higher in international-level weightlifters than in the national-level weightlifters. The relative value per body weight of snatch, clean, and jerk, and total record were significantly higher in the athletes with CT + TT genotype than in the athletes with CC genotype (p < 0.05). Our results suggest that the CNTFR rs41274853 CT + TT genotype is associated with weightlifting performance in Japanese weightlifters. The CNTFR rs41274853 polymorphism may enable coaches to develop tailor-made training programs for individual athletes. In addition, strength and conditioning coaches could benefit from genetic information when assessing potential athletic talents and creating strength training programs for their athletes.

Chiral iron(II) complexes, [Fe{(R)-L}2(NCS)2] (1) and [Fe{(S)-L}2(NCS)2] (2), and racemic complex [Fe(rac)-L)2(NCS)2] (3) {L = α-methyl-N-(2-pyridinylmethylene)cyclohexanemethanamine} were synthesized. Their structures and magnetic properties were investigated by X-ray crystallography, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and Mossbauer spectroscopy. Complexes 1 and 2 crystallize in the trigonal system with space group P3121 and P3221, respectively. All complexes exhibit spin-crossover (SCO) behavior and light induced excited spin state trapping (LIESST) effects at 532 nm. Complexes 1 and 2 show similar gradual SCO behavior, and complex 3 shows more gradual SCO, which seems to be a result of the different crystal packing, as complex 3 is the symmetric isomer but 1 and 2 are asymmetric.

Iron(III) Schiff base compound [Fe(pap)2]ClO4·H2O (1, and Hpap = (2-(2-pyridylmethyleneamino)phenol)) shows abrupt spin crossover (SCO) with a hysteresis (T1/2↓ = 165 K, T1/2↑ = 180 K) and anomalous light induced excited spin state trapping. In the complex 1, the existence of the interaction between molecules by π electrons is suggested from single crystal structure. An anomalous LS → HS conversion, aberrant increase of HS molar fraction, was observed at low-temperature (50 K) in 1 after rapid cooling, and interpreted in terms of bistability resulted from strong cooperative interactions.

Tuneable pressure effects associated with changing interlayer distances in two-dimensional graphene oxide (GO)/reduced GO (rGO) layers are demonstrated through monitoring the changes in the spin-crossover (SCO) temperature (T1/2) of [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4) nanoparticles (NPs) incorporated in the interlayer spaces of the GO/rGO layers. The interlayer separation along the GO to GO/rGO-NP composites to rGO series decreases smoothly from 9.00 Å (for GO) to 3.50 Å (for rGO) as the temperature employed for the thermal reduction treatments of the GO-NP composites is increased. At the same time, T1/2 increases from 351 K to 362 K along the series. This T1/2 increment of 11 K corresponds to that observed for pristine [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4) NPs under a hydrostatic pressure of 38 MPa. The influence of the stacked layer structures on the pseudo-pressure effects has been further probed by investigating the differences in T1/2 for [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4) that is present in the composite as larger bulk particles rather than as NPs.

Crystal structure determination on the mixed ligand complex [Ru(tpy)(L1)](ClO4)2 (tpy = 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine; L1 = 4′-(ferrocenylmethylaminomethylphenyl)terpyridine) shows the ferrocenyl group to be located as remotely as possible from the RuII centre. This may explain the fact that emission from the RuII centre is detectable even at room temperature in solution.