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ClpXP has been implicated in meiosis regulation, but its precise role is currently unknown. In this study, we engineered an inducible male germ cell-specific knockout caseinolytic mitochondrial matrix peptidase X (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Clpx<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>cKO<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) mouse model to investigate the function of ClpX in meiosis. We found that disrupting\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Clpx<\/jats:italic>\n                    in male mice induced germ cell apoptosis and led to an absence of sperm in the epididymis. Specifically, it caused asynapsis of homologous chromosomes and impaired meiotic recombination, resulting in meiotic arrest in the zygotene-to-pachytene transition phase. The loss of ClpX compromised the double-strand break (DSB) repair machinery by markedly reducing the recruitment of DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 1 (RAD51) to DSB sites. This dysfunction may be due to an insufficient supply of energy from the aberrant mitochondria in\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Clpx<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>cKO<\/jats:sup>\n                    spermatocytes, as discerned by electron microscopy. Furthermore, ubiquitination signals on chromosomes and the expression of oxidative phosphorylation subunits were both significantly attenuated in\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Clpx<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>cKO<\/jats:sup>\n                    spermatocytes. Taken together, we propose that ClpX is essential for maintaining mitochondrial protein homeostasis and ensuring homologous chromosome pairing, synapsis, and recombination in spermatocytes during meiotic prophase I.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/aja202343","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,17]],"date-time":"2023-10-17T08:38:11Z","timestamp":1697531891000},"page":"165-174","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Caseinolytic mitochondrial matrix peptidase X is essential for homologous chromosome synapsis and recombination during meiosis of male mouse germ cells"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Hai-Wei","family":"Feng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 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