RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A Cyclin A – Myb-MuvB – Aurora B network regulates the choice between mitotic cycles and polyploid endoreplication cycles JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 449983 DO 10.1101/449983 A1 Michael D. Rotelli A1 Robert A. Policastro A1 Anna M. Bolling A1 Andrew W. Killion A1 Abraham J. Weinberg A1 Michael J. Dixon A1 Gabriel E. Zentner A1 Claire E. Walczak A1 Mary A. Lilly A1 Brian R. Calvi YR 2018 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/11/15/449983.abstract AB Cells switch to polyploid endoreplication cycles during development, wound healing, and cancer. We used integrated approaches in Drosophila to determine how mitotic cycles are remodeled into endoreplication cycles, and how similar this remodeling is between developmental and induced endoreplicating cells (devECs and iECs). We found that while only devECs had a dampened E2F1 transcriptome, repression of a Cyclin A - Myb-MuvB - Aurora B mitotic network promoted endoreplication in both devECs and iECs. Cyclin A associated with and activated Myb-MuvB to induce transcription of mitotic genes, with expression of one, Aurora B, being key for mitotic commitment. Knockdown of Cyclin A, Myb, Aurora B, or downstream cytokinetic proteins induced distinct types of endoreplication, suggesting that repression of different mitotic network steps may explain the known diversity of polyploid cycles. These findings reveal how remodeling of a mitotic network promotes polyploid cycles that contribute to development, wound healing, and cancer.