Background and aim: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) carcinoembryonic antigen is one of the tumor markers that is expressed in many colorectal, stomach, pancreatic, lung and chest cancers. The exact mechanism for releasing this antigen from the cell surface to the cancer patients is still unknown. Carcinoma-embryonic antigen proteins are bound to a cell membrane through a glycosyl-phosphate tidal inositol (GPI-anchor) linkage. There is evidence that specific phospholipase enzymes interfere with the breakdown of GPI binding and the removal of CEA from the cell surface. Considering these evidence and data, we investigated the probable role of glycosyl phosphatidyl inositol phospholipase (GPI-PLD) D in hydrolysis and the release of carcinoma amniobiline antigens. Materials and methods: In this study, we demonstrated the expression of GPI-PLD in some cell lines of adenocarcinoma of colorectal using RT-PCR. The level of carcinogenic amniotic antinase released by one of the cancer cell lines (LS-180), which freely releases large amounts of carcinoma ambrionic antigen in the culture medium, was detected in the presence and absence of specific inhibitors and activators of this enzyme.