Properties of succinate transport were examined in basolaterat membrane vesicles (BLMV) isolated from rabbit renal cortex. An inwardly directed Na+ gradient stimulated succinate uptake and led to a transient overshoot. K+, Li+, Rb+ and choline could not substitute for Na+ in the uptake process. The dependence of the initial uptake rate of succinate on Na+ concentration exhibited sigmoidal kinetics, indicating interaction of more than one Na+ with transporter Hill coefficient for Na+ was calculated to be 2.0. The Na+-dependent succinate uptake was electrogenic, resulting in the transfer of positive charge across the membrane. The succinate uptake into BLMV showed a pH optimum at external pH 7.5 ~ 8.0 , whereas succinate uptake into brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) did not depend on external pH. Kinetic analysis showed that a Na-dependent succinate uptake in BLMV occurred via a single transport system, with an apparent Km of 15.5±0.94 μM and Vmax of 16.22±0.25 nmole/mg protein/min . Succinate uptake was strongly inhibited by 4 ~ 5 carbon dicarboxylates, whereas monocarboxylates and other organic anions showed a little or no effect. The succinate transport system preferred dicarboxylates in trans-configuration (furmarate) over cis-dicarboxylates (maleate). Succinate uptake was inhibited by the anion transport inhibitors DIDS, SITS and furosemide, and Na+-coupled transport inhibitor harmaline. These results indicate the existence of a Na+-dependent succinate transport system in BLMV that may be shared by the other Krebs cycle intemediates. This transport system seems to be very similar to the luminal transport system for dicarboxylates.