Abstract:Objective To investigate the expression of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and their relationship with clinicopathological features and prognosis.Methods From July 2015 to July 2017, 89 patients with laryngeal tumor resection and intraoperative pathological diagnosis of LSCC were selected, 89 specimens of tumor tissue and adjacent tissue were collected respectively. The expression of IDO1 and IL-10 in LSCC and paracancerous tissues were compared. The clinicopathological characteristics and survival time of patients with different expression of IDO1 and IL-10 in LSCC were compared. Cox multivariate risk regression model was used to analyze the prognostic factors of LSCC patients.Results Positive expression rates of IDO1 and IL-10 in LSCC tissues were compared with adjacent tissues, and the difference were statistically significant (P < 0.05). In LSCC patients, the positive rates of IDO1 and IL-10 expression in patients with different TNM stages, differentiation, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis were statistically significant (P < 0.05); there was no significant difference in the positive rates of IDO1 and IL-10 expression among patients with different gender, age and tumor location (P > 0.05). Mean survival time of IDO1 positive and IL-10 positive patients were shorter than that of IDO1 negative, IL-10 negative patients (P < 0.05). Cox multivariate risk regression model analysis results show that higher TNM stage [R^R =1.351, (95% CI: 1.055, 1.730)], lower differentiation degree [R^R = 0.734, (95% CI: 0.562, 0.959) ], lymph node metastasis [R^R = 1.448, 95% CI: 1.095, 1.915)], distant metastasis [R^R = 1.246, (95% CI: 1.035, 1.500) ], IDO1 positive expression [R^R = 1.575, (95% CI: 1.156, 2.146) ], and IL-10 positive expression [R^R = 1.771, (95% CI: 1.250, 2.508) ] were the prognostic factors of LSCC patients (P < 0.05).Conclusion The positive expression rate of IDO1 and IL-10 in LSCC tissue was increased abnormally, and it is closely related to the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of the patients, which may be one of the important molecular mechanisms leading to the aggravation and poor prognosis of LSCC.