Changes in Gut Microbiota Induced by Doxycycline Influence in Vascular Function and Development of Hypertension in DOCA-Salt Rats Robles Vera, Iñaki de la Visitación, Néstor Toral, Marta Sánchez Santos, Manuel Romero Pérez, Miguel Gómez Guzmán, Manuel Vargas Palomares, José Félix Duarte Pérez, Juan Manuel Jiménez Moleón, Rosario Doxycycline Gut dysbiosis Hypertension Oxidative stress Inflammation (Deoxycorticosterone acetate) DOCA-salt model Previous experiments in animals and humans show that shifts in microbiota and its metabolites are linked to hypertension. The present study investigates whether doxycycline (DOX, a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic) improves dysbiosis, prevent cardiovascular pathology and attenuate hypertension in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt rats, a renin-independent model of hypertension. Male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to three groups: control, DOCA-salt hypertensive rats, DOCA-salt treated with DOX for 4 weeks. DOX decreased systolic blood pressure, improving endothelial dysfunction and reducing aortic oxidative stress and inflammation. DOX decreased lactate-producing bacterial population and plasma lactate levels, improved gut barrier integrity, normalized endotoxemia, plasma noradrenaline levels and restored the Treg content in aorta. These data demonstrate that DOX through direct effects on gut microbiota and its non-microbial effects (anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory) reduces endothelial dysfunction and the increase in blood pressure in this low-renin form of hypertension. 2021-10-20T09:33:39Z 2021-10-20T09:33:39Z 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Robles-Vera, I.; de la Visitación, N.; Toral, M.; Sánchez, M.; Romero, M.; Gómez-Guzmán, M.; Vargas, F.; Duarte, J.; Jiménez, R. Changes in Gut Microbiota Induced by Doxycycline Influence in Vascular Function and Development of Hypertension in DOCA-Salt Rats. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2971. https:// doi.org/10.3390/nu13092971 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71008 10.3390/nu13092971 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI