Autophagy, a highly conserved quality control mechanism, is essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis and healthy growth of plants. Compared with extensive research in the cytoplasmic control of autophagy, studies regarding the nuclear events involved in the regulation of plant autophagy are just beginning to emerge. Accumulating evidence reveals a coordinated expression of plant autophagy genes in response to diverse developmental states and growth conditions. Here, we summarize recent progress in the identification of tightly controlled transcription factors and histone marks associated with the autophagic process in plants, and propose several modules, consisting of transcription regulators and epigenetic modifiers, as important nuclear players that could contribute to both short-term and long-term controls of plant autophagy at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels.

自噬是一种高度保守的质量控制机制，对于维持细胞稳态和植物健康生长至关重要。与在自噬的细胞质控制中进行的广泛研究相比，有关调节植物自噬的核事件的研究才刚刚开始。越来越多的证据表明，植物自噬基因在多种发育状态和生长条件下的协同表达。在这里，我们总结了与植物自噬过程相关的严格控制的转录因子和组蛋白标记鉴定的最新进展，并提出了几个模块，包括转录调节剂和表观遗传修饰剂，