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RECERCAT author Choi, Jee-Eun author Sebastian, Carlos author Ferrer, Christina M. author Lewis, Caroline A. author Sade Feldman, Moshe author LaSalle, Thomas author Gonye, Anna author Lopez, Begona G. C. author Abdelmoula, Walid M. author Regan, Michael S. author Cetinbas, Murat author Pascual, Gloria author Wojtkiewicz, Gregory R. author Silveira, Giorgia G. author Boon, Ruben author Ross, Kenneth N. author Tirosh, Itary author Saladi, Srinivas V. author Ellisen, Leif W. author Sadreyev, Ruslan I. author Aznar Benitah, Salvador author Agar, Nathalie Y. R. author Hacohen, Nir author Mostoslavsky, Raúl 2021-04-26T10:02:42Z2021-08-22T05:10:20Z2021-02-222021-04-26T08:54:46Z Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remains among the most aggressive human cancers. Tumour progression and aggressiveness in SCC are largely driven by tumour-propagating cells (TPCs). Aerobic glycolysis, also known as the Warburg effect, is a characteristic of many cancers; however, whether this adaptation is functionally important in SCC, and at which stage, remains poorly understood. Here, we show that the NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase sirtuin 6 is a robust tumour suppressor in SCC, acting as a modulator of glycolysis in these tumours. Remarkably, rather than a late adaptation, we find enhanced glycolysis specifically in TPCs. More importantly, using single-cell RNA sequencing of TPCs, we identify a subset of TPCs with higher glycolysis and enhanced pentose phosphate pathway and glutathione metabolism, characteristics that are strongly associated with a better antioxidant response. Together, our studies uncover enhanced glycolysis as a main driver in SCC, and, more importantly, identify a subset of TPCs as the cell of origin for the Warburg effect, defining metabolism as a key feature of intra-tumour heterogeneity. (c) Springer Nature, 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Càncer de coll Càncer de cap Proliferació cel·lular Neck cancer Head cancer Cell proliferation A unique subset of glycolytic tumour-propagating cells drives squamous cell carcinoma info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion