Table 1. List of oligonucleotide primers used for RT-PCR.

Target gene	Primer sequence	GenBank accession number
CYP11A1	5’-AGGCAGAGGGAGACATAAGCA-3’	(Atli et al. 2012)
	5’-GTGTCTTGGCAGGAATCAGGT-3’	NM_176644.2
HSD3β	5’-CCAAGCAGAAAACCAACGAC-3’	(Atli et al. 2012)
	5’-ATGTCCACGTTCCCATCATT-3’	NM_174343.3
LC3α	5’-TGTCAACATGAGCGAGTTGGT-3’	NM_001046175.1
	5’-AGGAAGCCATCCTCGTCCTT-3’
LC3β	5’- CGAGAGCAGCATCCTACCAA -3’	NM_001001169.1
	5’- TGAGCTGTAAGCGCCTTCTT -3’
ATG3	5’-AAGGGAAAGGCACTGGAAGT-3’	NM_001075364.1
	5’-GTGATCTCCAGCTGCCACAA-3’
ATG7	5’- ATTGCTGCATCAAGAGACCCA -3’	NM_001083795.2
	5’- CCTTCTGGCGATTATGGTCA -3’
CTSB	5’- CACTTGGAAGGCTGGACACA-3’	NM_174031.2
	5’- GCATCGAAGCTTTCAGGCAG-3’
CTSD	5’- CCCGTGGAACACCTGATCGCCAA-3’	NM_001166521.1
	5’- CCCGATGCCGATCTCCCCGTA -3’
CTSZ	5’- GGGAGAAGATGATGGCAGAAAT -3’	(Bettegowda et al. 2008)
	5’- TCTTTTCGGTTGCCATTATGC -3’	NM_001077835.1
CASP3	5’-AGCCATGGTGAAGAAGGAATCA-3’	(Ushizawa et al. 2006)
	5’-GGTACTTTGAGTTTCGCCAGGA-3’	AY575000
mTOR	5’-ATGCTGTCCCTGGTCCTTATG-3’	(Nan et al. 2014)
	5’-GGGTCAGAGAGTGGCCTTCAA-3’	XM_001788228.1
GAPDH	5’-ACAGTCAAGGCAGAGAACGG-3’	NM_001034034.2
	5’-CCACATACTCAGCACCAGCA-3’