Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression of remodeling and spacing factor 1 (Rsf-1) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissue and its relationship with chemotherapy sensitivity and prognosis. Methods We selected 96 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues from the patients admitted to our hospital from March 2015 to August 2017, and collected 40 cases of chronic nasopharyngeal inflammation tissues at the same period as the control. The expression of Rsf-1 in these tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry. The adenosine triphosphatebased bioluminescence tumor chemosensitivity assay (ATP-TCA) was used to detect the sensitivity of the nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells to 8 chemotherapeutic drugs (fluorouracil, cisplatin, carboplatin, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, docetaxel, gemcitabine, and cyclophosphamide). According to the results of immunohistochemistry, nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients were divided into high-expression group and low-expression group, and the clinicopathological characteristics, drug resistance rate and prognosis of the two groups were compared. Results The expression rate of Rsf-1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues was 66.67% (64/96), which was significantly higher than that in chronic nasopharyngeal inflammation tissues (7.50%) (3/40) (P < 0.05). The expression rate of Rsf-1 in T3 and T4 stage patients was higher than that in T1 and T2 stage patients (P < 0.05). The rates of docetaxel and gemcitabine resistance were higher than those of fluorouracil, cisplatin, carboplatin, oxaliplatin, paclitaxel, and cyclophosphamide resistance (P < 0.05). The rate of paclitaxel resistance in the high-expression group was significantly higher than that in the low-expression group (P < 0.05). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that M stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma [H^R = 3.004 (95% CI: 1.674, 6.143)], clinical stage [H^R = 3.189 (95% CI: 2.089, 4.431)] and Rsf-1 expression [H^R = 3.305 (95% CI: 2.256, 4.897)] were independent factors influencing the overall survival time of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients (P < 0.05). The overall survival time of high-expression group was significantly lower than that of low-expression group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Rsf-1 is highly expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and is related to paclitaxel resistance and poor survival prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.