Diabetes, Vol 36, Issue 12 1420-1424, Copyright © 1987 by American Diabetes Association
Cholecystokinin-induced alterations in beta-cell sensitivity. Duration, specificity, and involvement of phosphoinositide metabolism
WS Zawalich, VA Diaz and KC Zawalich
Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
Prior exposure of isolated perifused rat islets to the sulfated gut hormone
cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-8S) dramatically increased their insulin secretory
response to 7.5 mM glucose, 10 mM arginine, and 10 mM
alpha-ketoisocaproate. In the case of glucose, the heightened secretory
response was still apparent 60-80 min after CCK-8S removal from the
perifusion medium. Prior exposure of perifused islets to arginine (10 mM),
tolbutamide (25 microM), or forskolin (1.0 microM) did not sensitize them
to 7.5 mM glucose. CCK-8S exposure increased 3H efflux from islets
prelabeled with [3H]inositol, and the increase in 3H efflux was sustained
after CCK-8S removal from the perifusion medium. The duration of this
increase in 3H efflux paralleled the temporal characteristics of this
sensitization process and was significantly attenuated by 25 microM
asperlicin, a competitive antagonist of CCK binding to its membrane
receptor. Arginine, tolbutamide, or forskolin treatment of islets did not
increase 3H efflux from [3H]inositol-prelabeled islets. The results suggest
that the turnover of membrane phosphoinositides induced by CCK-8S is
largely responsible for this heightened state of secretory responsiveness
to various stimulants. Second-messenger molecules generated during
phosphoinositide turnover may be responsible for the phenomenon of
sensitization displayed by islet tissue to CCK-8S addition.