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Objective To investigate the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin(rh‐EPO ) on acute cerebral injury and expression of GLT‐1 and GLAST in rat .Methods Sixty SD rats were randomly divided into three groups by weight :control group (n=18) ,acute cerebral injury group(n=22) and rh‐EPO conditioning group(n=20) .Acute cerebral injury models were made by modified Feeney′s method .rh‐EPO was injected in abdominal cavity 15 min after acute cerebral injury in rh‐EPO conditioning group .Rats′brain were removed 48 h after experiments .Rat GLT‐1 and GLAST mRNA expression were determined by RT‐PCR , GLT‐1 and GLAST protein expression were determined by Western blot .Results GLT‐1/GLAST mRNA and protein expression decreased significantly after acute cerebral injury(all P<0 .01) ,but increased significantly in rh‐EPO preconditioning group com‐pared with acute cerebral injury group(all P<0 .01) .Conclusion rh‐EPO preconditioning may protect against acute cerebral injury by up regulating the expression of GLT‐1/GLAST .