Table 1. The sequences and amplicon sizes of the primer sets used in this study.

Gene	Amplicon size (bp)	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Purpose
Gapdh	190	5′-CCTCTGGAAAGCTGTGGCGT-3′	5′-TTGGCAGGTTTCTCCAGGCG-3′	qRT-PCR
PGC-1α	166	5′-GAGCGCCGTGTGATTTACGT-3′	5′-GCGAAAGCGTCACAGGTGTA-3′	qRT-PCR
FoxO6	172	5′-CTCACGCTCTCGCAGATCTA-3′	5′-GCATCCACCATGAACTCTTGC-3′	qRT-PCR
PGC-1α	252	5′-TTCGGCCTCAACTTCCTCATCTACCA-3′	5′-TATGACAGTGATCTGGGATGAGTCT-3′	CHIP assay (−99817 to -99566)
PGC-1α	402	5′-GCTTCATGGATGTGCTGGG-3′	5′-AGGTCATGGGCTCTACTTTC-3′	CHIP assay (−2390 to -1990)
PGC-1α	243	5′-GCAGAGGGCTGCCTTGGAGTG-3′	5′-ATCCAGCTCCCGAATGACGCCAGTC-3′	CHIP assay (−103 to +141)
PGC-1α	3251	5′-GTCCCTGCACATGGCTTAT-3′	5′-CAATCCACTCTGACACACA-3′	Promoter cloning (−3170 to +101)
FoxO6	3276	5′-CCAGAGGAAGATAAGGATTAT-3′	5′-GATGAGGTCGGCGTAGGAAAG-3′	Promoter cloning (−2977 to +299)
FoxO6	792	5′-CCAAGCTTGGGATGTGGGCGGCCA-	5′-GGGATCCCGGCCCGGCTGCTGCGG-	Cloning of FoxO6 (229-492)-His
		GCCCGGC-3′	CCGC-3′