Table 1.

Primer sequences for RT-qPCR experiments included in the study.

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer
Gapd a	5′-GCTAAGCAGTTGGTGGTGCA-3′	5′-TCACCACCATGGAGAAGGC-3′
Hprt1 a	5′-GCAGACTTTGCTTTCCTTGG-3′	5′-GCAGACTTTGCTTTCCTTGG-3′
NRF-1 b	5′-TTACTCTGCTGTGGCTGATGG-3′	5′-CCTCTGATGCTTGCGTCGTCT-3′
PGC-1α c	5′-CGTTACACCTGTGACGCTTTCGCTG-3′	5′-CATACTTGCTCTTGGTGGAAGCAGG-3′
TFAM c	5′-AATTGAAGCTTGTAAATCAGGCTTGG-3′	5′-CGGATGAGATCACTTCGCCCAAC-3′

According to ^aBonefeld et al., 2008 [12]; ^bZhang et al., 2012 [13]; ^cdesigned by authors.