“…Since the residual ion flux did not increase significantly after cholera toxin (see Table I), the in vitro results suggest that cholera toxin does not have a major effect on the rate of active HCO3 secretion. In the intact animals, on the other hand, most of the anion secreted into the ileum in response to cholera toxin is HCO3 and not Cl (3,26,28). Although HCO3 is also secreted by the normal ileum (29)(30)(31)(32), its rate of secretion is greatly increased by cholera toxin (1,3,26).…”