Table 1.

Primers for PCR amplification of each gene studied

Primers	Sense primer	Antisense primer
ACO	5′-TC TCT GTG GTT GCT GTG GAG TCA-3′	5′-TC GGA TGC TTC CTT CTC CAA GGT-3′
CPT-1b	5′-CAA ACA TCA CTG CCC AAG CTT-3′	5′-GGC CGC ACA GAA TCC AAG T-3′
PGC-1α	5′-CA AAG CTG AAG CCC TCT TGC-3′	5′-GTT TAG TCT TCC TTT CCT CGT GTC C-3′
PPAR-α	5′-GCT ACT TCG AGT CCC CTT GAG-3′	5′-CCA GCG TCG CTT CAG TTC C-3′
CD36	5′-GGT GTG CTC AAC AGC CTT ATC-3′	5′-TTA TGG CAA CCT TGC TTA TG-3′
TFAM	5′-CAC GAG CCC TGG AGT ACC C-3′	5′-CCA CAT TCC CCG GAA CAG C-3′
COX-2	5′-AAC AAT TCT CCC AGC TGT CAT TC-3′	5′-AGT CAA AGC ATA GGT CTT CAT AGT C-3′
UCP3	5′-TAC ACC TCC TGA CCT TGG CTA G-3′	5′-CTG TTG TGG GAG GCA CTT CTG-3′
18S	5′-GTG GGC CTG CGG CTT AAT-3′	5′-GCC AGA GTC TCG TTC GTT ATC-3′

ACO acyl-coenzyme A oxidase, CPT-1b carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1b, PGC-1α peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-α, PPAR-α peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α; CD36 cluster of differentiation 36, TFAM transcription factor A; mitochondrial; COX-2 cyclooxygenase-2, UCP ₃ uncoupling protein 3