Table 1. Primers used for real-time RT-PCR.

Target sequence	Primers	Primer sequence	Band size (bp)
Rat Pepck BC081900	Pepck-620-F	5'-CAGCATGCGGATCATGACACGGAT-3'	530
	Pepck-1149-R	5'-GATTTGTCTTCACTGAGGTGCCCG-3'
Rat G6pase NM_013098	G6pase-525-F	5'-CGTCTTGTGGTTGGGATACTG-3'	164
	G6pase-688-R	5'-TCTGGAGGCTGGCATTGTAG-3'
Rat Pgc-1α NM_031347	Pgc-1α-963-F	5'-CTCCTCATAAAGCCAACCAAG-3'	143
	Pgc-1α-1105-R	5'-TGTGCGTATAACTCAGATTGC-3'
Rat Trb3 BC091120	Trb3-187-F	5′-GCTGCTTCTGCCGATGTTCC-3′	209
	Trb3-395-R	5′-CAGTTGCCTTGCTCTCGTTCC-3′
Cyclophilin A (Cph) BC106030	Cph-96-F	5'-CTCCTTTGAGCTGTTTGCAG-3'	325
	Cph-420-R	5'-CACCACATGCTTGCCAT-3'

Abbreviations: G6pase, glucose-6-phophatase; Pepck, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.