AbstractIn 5 dogs with chronic gastric and pancreatic fistulas, gastric secretion was continuously stimulated with a 10% liver extract meal, kept at a constant pH 7 by intragastric titration. After the first hour of stimulation, intraduodenal sodium oleate was infused in graded doses. Gastric acid and pancreatic secretion (volume, bicarbonate and protein) were measured. Plasma gastrin, secretin, VIP, and GIP were determined by radioimmunoassay. The liver extract meal evoked a gastric acid output of 12±1.4 mEq/30 min and a rise in plasma gastrin from 90 ± 20 to 250±50 pg/ml. Sodium oleate produced inhibition of acid secretion by 40% and 70% at doses of 8 and 16 mmol/hr, respectively. Sodium oleate produced a dose‐dependent increase in volume of pancreatic juice, bicarbonate and protein output. Meal‐stimulated plasma gastrin levels were not affected by sodium oleate. Plasma secretin and VIP levels remained unchanged during the infusion of sodium oleate. GIP was released by liver extract meal and, in addition, in a dose‐related fashion by graded doses of sodium oleate. It is concluded that VIP and secretin are not released by fat and they are not involved in the inhibition of gastric secretion. GIP may be one of the mediators in the inhibition of gastric acid secretion by fat. The inhibition of acid secretion by fat is not mediated by suppression of gastrin release.