We also propose a novel mechanism in which metformin demethylation-activate miR-570-3p and subsequently represses LCMR1 and ATG12 to inhibit metastasis and autophagy.In our study, we confirmed that the autophagy inhibition induced by metformin facilitated the suppression of invasion and metastasis, supporting the pro-metastatic role of autophagy in osteosarcoma. The gene discussed is ATG12; the disease is osteosarcoma.