“…Ion selectivity. The Km for external Na +, one of the physiologically relevant substrates, is ~21 mM, a value that can be compared with the range of 5-59 mM reported for rabbit renal proximal tubule vesicles (Kinseila and Aronson, 1981b;Warnock et al, 1982;Burnham et al, 1982;Aronson et al, 1983), cultured dog kidney cells (Rindler et al, 1979), rat thymocytes , human A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells (Rothenberg et al, 1983), hamster pulmonary fibroblasts (Paris and Pouyss6gur, 1983;L'Allemain et al, 1984b), mouse neuroblastoma cells (Moolenaar et al, 1981), and chick myoblasts (Vigne et al, 1982). Apparently, like a variety of other cell types (Rindler et al, 1979;Moolenaar et al, 1981;Burnham et al, 1982;Aronson, 1983;Paris and Pouyss6gur, 1983), Li + may serve as an effective substitute for Na +, albeit with an even slightly higher affinity (Kin -14 mM), whereas K t, Rb t, and Cs § cannot replace Na t (Kinsella and Aronson, 1980;Burnham et al, 1982;Aronson, 1983;.…”