Table 1 Sequences of the primers used in this study

Gene	Accession number	Sequence of the primers	Product size (bp)
StAR	NM031558	F 5'- AAA CTG ACT CCA GAG TGC TC	528
		R 5'- TGT CCT TCA CTG TCA GCT TC
CYP11A1	J05156	F 5'- CAT CAA GGA GAC ACT GAG AC	368
		R 5'- GCA TCA GGA TGA GGT TGA AC
CYP17A1	NM012753	F 5'- CAC CAA CTT TCA ATG ACC GG	372
		R 5'- GCT ACT GCA GAG GTT TGA CT
3β-HSD	NM001007719	F 5'- CCA CTT GGT CAC ACT GTC AA	367
		R 5'- CTG AGG CAT AAC TAC CTG TG
17β-HSD	BC061543	F 5'- GGA ACA GAT CCC AGA ATG AC	498
		R 5'- ACA GAC ATG ACC AAC ACT GG
CYP19	NM017085	F 5'- CGT CAT GTT GCT TCT CAT CG	204
		R 5'- TCA ATC ACG TCA TCC TCC AG
ER-α	NM012689	F 5'- GTC GAT TCC GCA TGA TGA AC	435
		R 5'- AAT GTG CTG AAG TGG AGC TG
ER-β	NM012754	F 5'- AAG CTG AAC CAC CCA ATG TG	111
		R 5'- CAA TCA TGT GCA CCA GTT CC
LH-R	NM012978	F 5'- CCT GAG CAT CTG TAA CAC AG	266
		R 5'- CTG TGC ATC TTC TCC AGG TA
GAPDH	NM017008	F 5'- CCA TCA CCA TCT TCC AGG AG	576
		R 5'- CCT GTT TCA CCA CCT TCT TG

F, forward; R, reverse. The directions of sequences are all 5′ to 3'.