Table 1.

Primers used for real-time PCR amplification

Gene	GenBank accession number	Forward Primer (5′–3′) Reverse Primer (5′–3′)	PCR product size (bp)
PGC-1α	AF049330	AGTGTGCTGCTCTGGTTGGTG	613
		GGAGGGTCATCGTTTGTGGTC
NRF-1	NM–010938	TTACTCTGCTGTGGCTGATGG	92
		CCTCTGATGCTTGCGTCGTCT
NRF-2α	M74515	AGGTGAGGAGATGGGCTGC	604
		CGTTGTCCCCATTTTTGCG
MtTFA	AJ312746	GAAAGCACAAATCAAGAGGAG	175
		CTGCTTTTCATCATGAGACAG
COX I	X14848	AGCAGGAATAGTAGGGACAGC	520
		TGAGAGAAGTAGTAGGACGGC
COX IV	X15029	TGGGAGTGTTGTGAAGAGTGA	273
		GCAGTGAAGCCGATGAAGAAC
β-actin	X00351	GGGTCAGAAGGATTCCTATG	238
		GGTCTCAAACATGATCTGGG

PGC-1α, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma co-activator 1α; NRF-1, nuclear respiratory factor 1; NRF-2α, nuclear respiratory factor 2 DNA-binding alpha subunit; mtTFA, mitochondrial transcription factor A; COX I and COX IV, cytochrome c oxidase subunits I and IV.