Objective:To investigate the effects of hepatocyte cell adhesion molecule(hepaCAM) overexpression adenovirus combined with crocin on cell proliferation in prostate cancer cell line DU145. Methods:MTT assay was used to evaluate the effect of cell pro-liferation. Colony formation test was used to measure colony formation rate of single cell. Real-time quantitative PCR(qPCR) assay and Western blot were used to detect mRNA and protein expression of cyclinD1 and PCNA respectively. Results:After being treated with hepaCAM overexpression adenovirus or crocin alone,the proliferation of DU145 cell was inhibited[IR=(12.0±2.0)%,(22.0±1.0)%],but the effect was more remarkable when the cells being treated with hepaCAM overexpression adenovirus and crocin combined[IR=(54.0±1.0)%,P=0.000]. Expression of cyclinD1 mRNA was down-regulated after being treated with hepaCAM over-expression adenovirus and crocin combined compared with being treated with crocin alone detected by qPCR(P=0.048),and prolif-erating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) mRNA was down-regulated after being treated with hepaCAM overexpression adenovirus and crocin combined compared with being treated with hepaCAM overexpression adenovirus or crocin alone(P=0.047,P=0.006). Western blot showed that compared with hepaCAM group or crocin group,expressin of cyclinD1 protein was down-regulated in hepaCAM and crocin combined group(P=0.002,P=0.002),meanwhile expression of PCNA protein was also down-regulated(P=0.000,P=0.003). Conclusion:hepaCAM overexpression adenovirus combined with crocin can inhibit cell proliferation of prostate cancer cell line DU145 and the machanism is associated with down-regulation of cyclinD1 and PCNA expression.