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This review aims to synthesize emerging insights on the role of autophagy in fungal development and pathogenicity across multiple scales.

July 12, 2026IMA FungusOpen Access

Autophagy as a multi-scale architect of fungal development and pathogenicity: membrane dynamics, multilayer regulation, and cell wall integrity crosstalk

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Review highlights autophagy's essential functions in fungal growth and host interaction, indicating its regulatory significance.

This review aims to synthesize emerging insights on the role of autophagy in fungal development and pathogenicity across multiple scales.
Comprehensive synthesis of current literature on autophagy in fungal systems, analyzing nanoscale mechanisms, organelle interactions, and macroscale implications.
Focus on biochemical evidence for crosstalk between pathways and how autophagy affects various fungal species and processes.
Autophagy plays a critical role in cell wall integrity, influencing fungal virulence and development across species.
Direct biochemical evidence for the interaction between cell wall integrity MAPK pathways and autophagy machinery was observed in Magnaporthe oryzae.
Atg4 inhibitors show potential as broad-spectrum antifungal agents, with key future research directions highlighted.

Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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