Table 1.

Primers for the target genes.

Target		Sequence
Rat-DNA
mtDNA long	Forward	5′-AAAATCCCGCAAACAATGACCACCCC-3′
	Reverse	5′-GGCAATTAAGAGTGGGATGGAGCCAA-3′
mtDNA short	Forward	5′-CCTCCCATTCATTATCGCCGCCCTTGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-GTCTGGGTCTCCTAGTAGGTCTGGGAA-3′
D-loop, long	Forward	5′-TTGTGCTGACCTTCATGCCTTGACG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TGGGGATTGAGCGTAGAATGGCGT-3′
D-loop, short	Forward	5′-CCTCCGTGAAATCAACAACC-3′
	Reverse	5′-TAAGGGGAACGTATGGACGA-3′
Cytb	Forward	5′-TGACCTTCCCGCCCCATCCA-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGCCGTAGTTTACGTCTCGGCA-3′
COII	Forward	5′-TGAGCCATCCCTTCACTAGG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TGAGCCGCAAATTTCAGAG-3′
β-actin	Forward	5′-AGCGAGCCGGAGCCAATCAG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TGCGCCGCCGGGTTTTATAGG-3′
Rat-RNA
POLG	Forward	5′-TGGGATGCATGGCTGCACGG-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGGACTGCCCAGCCCCGTAG-3′
CytB	Forward	5′-CCCACAGGATTAAACTCCGA-3′
	Reverse	5′-GTTGGGAATGGAGCGTAGAA-3′
Sod2	Forward	5′-AATGTTGTGTCGGGCGGCGT-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGGTCGCGTGGTGCTTGCTG-3′
β-actin	Forward	5′-CCTCTATGCCAACACAGTGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-CATCGTACTCCTGCTTGCTG-3′
BRECs-DNA
mtDNA, long	Forward	5′-ATGAGTTGGTAGTTTCGGTTGGGGTG-3′
	Reverse	5′-ATTCTGTGGTCTGTGTATGGGCGTGT-3′
mtDNA, short	Forward	5′-CATACTCCTCTGTAAGCCACATAGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGACTTGCTAGTAGTCATCAGGTGG-3′
D-loop, long	Forward	5′-AACAGACGCAATCCCAGGCCG-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGCTGTTAACCGCACGGCGA-3′
D-loop, short	Forward	5′-TGCTTGGACTCAGCTATGGCCG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TCATTATGCTGGTGCTCAAGATGCA-3′
COII	Forward	5′-AAAGCCAGGGGAGCTACGACTATT-3′
	Reverse	5′-CGGCCTGGGATTGCGTCTGTTT-3′
18sRNA	Forward	5′-TTGGTCGCTCGCTCCTCTCCT-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGGAGGCTGACCGGGTTGGT-3′
BRECs-RNA
POLG	Forward	5′-AGCCCCGCGAGCTGTTTGTC-3′
	Reverse	5′-CACCGGGTGGGGACACCTCT-3′
β-actin	Forward	5′-TGTTCCCTTCCACAGGGTGT-3′
	Reverse	5′-TCCCAGTTGGTAACAATGCCA-3′