Diabetes, Vol 36, Issue 10 1212-1215, Copyright © 1987 by American Diabetes Association
Physiological role of cholecystokinin in meal-induced insulin secretion in conscious rats. Studies with L 364718, a specific inhibitor of CCK-receptor binding
L Rossetti, GI Shulman and WS Zawalich
Yale University School of Medicine and Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut.
It has been suggested that the gut hormone cholecystokinin (CCK), by
modulating insulin output from pancreatic beta-cells, plays an important
role in the enteroinsular axis. To investigate this hypothesis, eight rats
were studied on two different occasions: after injection of L 364718, a
specific antagonist of CCK binding to its membrane receptor, and after
vehicle injection. In both studies a mixture of casein (11%) and glucose
(9%) was infused through a chronic indwelling intraduodenal catheter to
evoke CCK secretion. Plasma was analyzed for insulin, glucose, glucagon,
and tyrosine many times during the procedure. Prior administration of the
CCK antagonist significantly attenuated the increase in plasma insulin and
glucagon after casein infusion. These results support the concept that
cholecystokinin plays an important physiologic role in the in vivo
regulation of postprandial plasma insulin and glucagon concentrations after
protein ingestion.