Summary: To explore a novel strategy for antisense gene therapy of cancer, the coding sequence ofhuman proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) cDNA was reversely inserted into the eukaryoticvector pLXSN by molecular cloning techniques and transferred into bladder cancer EJ cells with li-posome. The PCNA expression in transferred cells was dynamically detected by immunofluo-rescence and RT-PCR techniques. Changes of proliferation activities of cancer cells were assayedby MTT colorimetric and cloning formation methods. In the experiment, the antisense eukaryoticvector was successfully constructed and named as pLAPSN. After transfection with it for 1-7days, PCNA protein and mRNA levels in cancer cells were blocked by 16. 74 % - 84.21% (P＜0. 05) and 23.27 % - 86.15 % (P＜0. 05) respectively. The proliferation activities of transferredcells were inhibited by 27.91% - 62.07 % (P＜0. 01), with cloning formation abilities being de-creased by 50. 81% (P＜0. 01). It was concluded that the in vitro proliferation activities of cancercells could be effectively inhibited by blocking PCNA expression with antisense technique, whichcould serve as an ideal strategy for gene therapy of bladder cancer.