Table 1:

Summary of quantitative real-time RT-PCR oligonucleotide primers used in measuring mRNA expression in mitochondrial dynamics, mitochondrial biogenesis, and housekeeping genes in Control SWR/J, diabetic TH and SS31 treated TH mice.

Gene	DNA sequence (5′−3′)	Product size
Mitochondrial dynamics genes
Drp1	Forward primer ATGCCAGCAAGTCCACAGAA	86
	Reverse primer TGTTCTCGGGCAGACAGTTT
Fis1	Forward primer CAAAGAGGAACAGCGGGACT	95
	Reverse primer ACAGCCCTCGCACATACTTT
MFN1	Forward primer GCAGACAGCACATGGAGAGA	83
	Reverse primer GATCCGATTCCGAGCTTCCG
MFN2	Forward primer TGCACCGCCATATAGAGGAAG	78
	Reverse primer TCTGCAGTGAACTGGCAATG
Opa1	Forward primer ACCTTGCCAGTTTAGCTCCC	82
	Reverse primer TTGGGACCTGCAGTGAAGAA
Housekeeping genes
β-Actin	Forward primer AGAAGCTGTGCTATGTTGCTCTA	91
	Reverse primer TCAGGCAGCTCATAGCTCTTC
GAPDH	Forward primer TTCCCGTTCAGCTCTGGG	59
	Reverse primer CCCTGCATCCACTGGTGC