Abstract
1. 1. Ionic fluxes of sodium and chloride across lizard colon mucosa were measured and compared with the electrical characteristics of the tissue under voltage-clamped conditions. 2. 2. In a Ringer-bicarbonate solution there was both a net sodium flux ( J net Na) and a net chloride flux ( J net cl) from mucosa to serosa. The net flux residual ( J R) was near zero, indicating that net sodium and chloride transport is the result of an electrically neutral transport mechanism. 3. 3. In the presence of sodium, the net chloride flux was abolished and the short-circuit current ( I sc ) and the electrical potential difference (PD) were unchanged. In the absence of chloride the net sodium flux was abolished and the short-circuit current and electrical potential difference were not modified. 4. 4. From an analysis of the effects of the inhibitors, furosemide, amiloride and disulfonic stilbene (DIDS), a plausible model was developed to explain the characteristics of sodium and chloride absorption.
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