Effect of CCK-8 on pentose phosphate shunt activity, pyridine nucleotides, and glucokinase of rat islets

In rat pancreatic islets the effects of cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) on pentose phosphate shunt (PPS) activity, glucokinase and hexokinase activity, and NADPH, NADP+, NADH, and NAD+ were studied. By elevating the glucose concentration from 3.0 to 8.3 and 16.7 mM the oxidation of [1-14C]- and [6-14C]glucose and the calculated PPS activity were increased in a concentration-dependent manner; 10 nM CCK-8 enhanced selectively the effect on [1-14C]glucose oxidation thereby increasing the PPS activity but only at an intermediate glucose concentration (8.3 mM). CCK-8 had no effect on glucokinase or hexokinase activity and CCK-8 did not influence glucose utilization. By elevating the glucose concentration, total NADPH and NADH were increased and total NADP+ and NAD+ were decreased. CCK-8 (10 nM) increased selectively NADPH and decreased NADP+ but did not change NADH or NAD+; the effect of CCK-8 on NADPH and NADH was only observed in the presence of an intermediate stimulatory glucose concentration (8.3 mM) ...