Review Article

MicroRNA Involvement in Osteosarcoma

Table 1

List of microRNAs involved in regulation of OS.

MicroRNAsFunctions in OSExpression level in OS samplesAnalyzed OS samplesMicroRNA targets in OSReferences

miR-34 family (miR-34a, 34b and 34c)P53-related G1 arrest and apoptosisDecreasedCell lines and 107 tumor samplesCDK6, E2F3, Cyclin E2, BCL2 [30]
miR-31P53-related cell proliferationN/DCell linesE2F2 [32]
miR-192, miR-215P53-related cell cycle arrestN/DCell linesCDKN1A/p21 [31]
miR140Chemoresistance to MTX and 5-FUIncreased in OS with chemoresistanceMouse xenograftsHDAC4 [56]
miR-215Chemoresistance to MTXN/DCell lineDTL [57]
miR-92a, miR-99b, miR-193a-5p, miR-422aDiscriminate good responders from poor onesIncreasedCell lines and 27 paraffin-embedded samplesN/D [59]
miR-132Decreased
miR-21Cell invasion and migrationIncreasedCell lines and 8 tumor samplesRECK [41]
miR-199a-3pCell proliferation and migrationDecreasedCell lines and 12 tumor samplesMET, mTOR, STAT3, MCL-1, BCL-X [43]
miR-143Pulmonary metastasisDecreased in OS with metastasisCell lines and 22 tumor samplesMMP-13 [46]

Abbreviation: N/D, no data; MTX, methotrexate; 5-FU, 5-Fluorouracil.