According to a latest study published in the journal 'Cell,' osteocalcin, a hormone secreted by the skeleton, acts as a regulator of fertility in male mice, and researchers suggest that the same might hold true for humans.
Hitherto studies on bone and reproductive system have linked the influence of gonads on the build-up of mass cells.
For instance sex hormones, estrogen and testosterone, play an important role in skeletal growth. When ovaries stop producing estrogen after menopause, bone mass rapidly declines leading to osteoporosis.
Researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center did several experiments to show that osteocalcin enhances the production of testosterone, a male sex hormone controlling male potency.
