miR-124 Regulates Caveolin-1 Expression and Affects Proliferation and Apoptosis of Osteosarcoma Cells

Osteosarcoma (OS) seriously affects human health. miR-124 expression is closely related to osteosarcoma, but its specific mechanism remains unclear. Our study intends to evaluate miR-124's effect on osteosarcoma. MG-63 cells were transfected with miR-124 mimics/NC followed by analysis of miR-124 expression by real-time PCR, cell proliferation by CCK8 assay, cell apoptosis by flow cytometry as well as the level of caveolin-1 (CAV1) by Western blot. miR-124 was significantly lower and CAV1 was increased in the four osteosarcoma cells than those in normal osteoblasts (P < 0.05). miR-124 mimics transfection significantly reduced CAV1 level and cell number (P < 0.05) and increased cell apoptosis rate (P < 0.05). Moreover, miR-124 inhibitor significantly promoted the relative luciferase activity in pmirGLO-CAV1-3'UTR-wt-transfected cells (P < 0.05). miR-124 affects osteosarcoma cell proliferation and apoptosis via targeting CAV1.