Monolayer culture of spontaneously contracting rat heart cells was obtained from newborn SD rats andseeded intO culture plates. 1OOTCID50 of coxsackie virus B3 （CVB3） （Nancy strain ）was added as the infectedgroup. The dynamics of taurine transport across membrane of normal heart cells and changes after infectionwere examined by using radioactive isotope tracing techniques. The results demonstrated that: （1）two uptake systems of taurine with different affinities and capacities were present in the Plasma membrane of cul-tured rat cardiOmyocytes

the K. of high and low affinity were 9. 5 X 10-5mol/l

and l. 3 X 1 O 2 mol/l

respectively; （2）taurine transport across membrane was sodium-dependent with a positive linear relationshipbetween amount of taurine influx and extracellular concentration of sOdium;in addition

it was alsO regulat-ed by osmOlarity; （3） fyalanine

a carboxylic analog of taurine

could inhibit the uptake of taurine in dosedependently; （4）taurine influx was decreased in cultured rat cardiomyocytes after infected with CVB3. （5）the lnhibition ratio of taurine transport was enhanced as the infected time prolonged. This experiment pro-vides a basis fOr further investigation of kinetic test of taurine transport and more study should be carriedout to learn the effect of taurine in viral myocarditis.