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How the two muscle layers react individually to nitrergic input and how they integrate nitrergic signaling is not thoroughly understood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We used immunohistochemistry to unveil expression of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010sensitive guanylyl cyclase (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content>) in the ileum. For functional analyses, we measured tone of ileal <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CM<\/jats:styled-content> and spontaneous contractions in both ileal muscle layers from mice lacking <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> globally (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GCKO<\/jats:styled-content>) and specifically in smooth muscle cells (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMC<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GCKO<\/jats:styled-content>).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In contrast to other parts of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GI<\/jats:styled-content> tract, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> was not expressed in ckit\u2010positive cells in ileum. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> expression was intense in platelet\u2010derived growth factor receptor \u03b1\u2010positive cells and in yet unidentified cells of myenteric plexus and serosa. Both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CM<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LM<\/jats:styled-content> developed spontaneous contractile activity; frequency and duration of their spontaneous contractions were identical. The amplitude of spontaneous contractions in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CM<\/jats:styled-content> was increased in the absence of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content>. In ileum from control (ctrl) animals, inhibition of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> increased whereas <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> stimulation decreased tissue tone. In contrast, contractile activity in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LM<\/jats:styled-content> was not different between ctrl and knockout strains. Here, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content> led to suppression of spontaneous contractions of ctrl ileum whereas <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GCKO<\/jats:styled-content> tissue was unaffected. To our surprise, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content> suppressed spontaneous contractions in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMC<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GCKO<\/jats:styled-content> ileum indicating participation of other cell type(s).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and Inferences<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NO<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GC<\/jats:styled-content> in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SMC<\/jats:styled-content> is involved in the regulation of tone and amplitude of spontaneous contractions in ileal <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CM<\/jats:styled-content>. 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