Mice with mitochondrial complex I deficiency (Ndufs4-/-) suffer from severe energy impairment primarily affecting the brain and die at P55. A small molecule screen developed by our lab using cells harboring human mitochondrial disease mutations identified antibiotics targeting mitochondrial translation as potent inhibitors of cell death under nutrient stress conditions. Doxycycline, which was identified amongst these antibiotics, was administered in the diet of Ndufs4-/- mice after weaning at P21. Mice fed with doxycycline showed improved motor function and significantly increased lifespan relative to untreated Ndufs4-/- mice. In order to investigate the molecular changes promoted by doxycycline in the brains of these mice, Ndufs4-/- doxycycline treated (DOX), Ndufs4-/- untreated (KO), and Ndufs4+/+ (WT) control mice were sacrificed at P55 and their brains harvested. Proteomic analysis revealed doxycycline treatment largely prevented the neuroimmune and inflammatory profile identified in the Ndufs4-/- mice. These findings implicate a potentially causality of these proteins in the neuronal cell death ultimately leading to the observed brain pathology.