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While FN1 is classically viewed as a component of the extracellular matrix that regulates processes such as cell adhesion, differentiation, and wound healing and can exist in cell-associated or soluble plasma forms, we report that FN1 is also a constituent of hepatocyte EVs that functions in EV uptake by target cells such as hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells (HSC). FN1 co-purified with EVs when EVs were enriched from conditioned medium of human or mouse hepatocytes and a direct association between FN1 and hepatocyte EVs was established by immunoprecipitation and proteinase protection. FN1 ablation in mouse hepatocytes using CRISPR-Cas9 did not alter EV biogenesis but EV uptake by HSC was significantly reduced for FN1 knockout EVs (EV\n                    <jats:sup>\n                      \u0394\n                      <jats:italic>FN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:sup>\n                    ) as compared to EVs from wild type hepatocytes (EV\n                    <jats:sup>WT<\/jats:sup>\n                    ). The uptake by hepatocytes or HSC of either EV\n                    <jats:sup>WT<\/jats:sup>\n                    or EV\n                    <jats:sup>\n                      \u0394\n                      <jats:italic>FN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:sup>\n                    required clathrin- and caveolin-mediated endocytosis, cholesterol, lysosomal acidic lipase activity, and low pH, while macropinocytosis was also involved in EV\n                    <jats:sup>\n                      \u0394\n                      <jats:italic>FN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:sup>\n                    uptake in HSC. Despite their differences in rate and mechanisms of uptake, EV\n                    <jats:sup>\n                      \u0394\n                      <jats:italic>FN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:sup>\n                    functioned comparably to EV\n                    <jats:sup>WT<\/jats:sup>\n                    in ameliorating CCl\n                    <jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>\n                    -induced hepatic fibrosis in mice. In conclusion, FN1 is a constituent of hepatocyte EVs that facilitates EV uptake by target cells but is dispensable for EV-mediated anti-fibrotic activity\n                    <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcell.2021.640667","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,18]],"date-time":"2021-03-18T01:14:36Z","timestamp":1616030076000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Structural and Functional Characterization of Fibronectin in Extracellular Vesicles From Hepatocytes"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Xinlei","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruju","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sherri","family":"Kemper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David R.","family":"Brigstock","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4852","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1017667108","article-title":"Cancer cell-derived microvesicles induce transformation by transferring tissue transglutaminase and fibronectin to recipient cells.","volume":"108","author":"Antonyak","year":"2011","journal-title":"Proc. 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