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Increasing evidence indicates that abnormalities in the composition of gut microbiota might play a role in stress-related disorders. In the learned helplessness (LH) paradigm, ~60–70% rats are susceptible to LH in the face of inescapable electric stress. The role of gut microbiota in susceptibility in the LH paradigm is unknown. In this study, male rats were exposed to inescapable electric stress under the LH paradigm. The compositions of gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids were assessed in fecal samples from control rats, non-LH (resilient) rats, and LH (susceptible) rats. Members of the order  Lactobacillales  were present at significantly higher levels in the susceptible rats than in control and resilient rats. At the family level, the number of  Lactobacillaceae  in the susceptible rats was significantly higher than in control and resilient rats. At the genus level, the numbers of  Lactobacillus ,  Clostridium  cluster III, and  Anaerofustis  in susceptible rats were significantly higher than in control and resilient rats. Levels of acetic acid and propionic acid in the feces of susceptible rats were lower than in those of control and resilient rats; however, the levels of lactic acid in the susceptible rats were higher than those of control and resilient rats. There was a positive correlation between lactic acid and  Lactobacillus  levels among these three groups. These findings suggest that abnormal composition of the gut microbiota, including organisms such as  Lactobacillus , contributes to susceptibility versus resilience to LH in rats subjected to inescapable electric foot shock. Therefore, it appears likely that brain–gut axis plays a role in stress susceptibility in the LH paradigm.

Abnormal composition of gut microbiota is associated with resilience versus susceptibility to inescapable electric stress