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Experimental evidence indicates that chronic antidepressant treatment in rats modifies the central nervous system beta-adrenoceptor signaling pathway at multiple sites including receptor, G-protein, adenylyl cyclase, and protein kinase A. In the present study, we examined the postreceptor effect of antidepressant treatment on the protein and mRNA levels of stimulatory and inhibitory C protein alpha-subunits (G alpha s and G alpha i) and beta-subunits in rats infused continuously with various antidepressants for 21 days. Chronic treatment with tricylic (desipramine and amitriptyline) and monoamine oxidase inhibiting (tranylcypromine) antidepressants did not significantly affect the immunoreactivity levels of G alpha s (both 45- and 52-kDa species), G alpha i1, G alpha i2, G beta 36, and beta 35 in rat cerebral cortex. Similarly, the levels of mRNA encoding these G protein subunits remained unchanged subsequent to these drug treatments. In contrast, cortical beta-adrenoceptor number was significantly decreased by these treatments. These results suggest that the adaptive changes of rat cerebral cortical beta-adrenoceptor-adenylyl cyclase system often seen after chronic antidepressant treatment are not accompanied by changes in the abundance and gene expression of G alpha s, G alpha i, or G beta proteins.

Lack of Effect of Chronic Antidepressant Treatment on Gs and Gi α-Subunit Protein and mRNA Levels in the Rat Cerebral Cortex