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However, intracellular dialysis with methylene blue (20 \u03bcmol\/L), which inhibits NO-mediated activation of guanylyl cyclase and cGMP production, blocked the effects of both CCh and SIN-1 on I<jats:sub>Ca-L<\/jats:sub>. In these cells, neither L-NMMA nor methylene blue affected the CCh-activated I<jats:sub>K(ACh)<\/jats:sub>. Direct application of cGMP (10 \u03bcmol\/L) via internal dialysis significantly inhibited ISO-stimulated I<jats:sub>Ca-L<\/jats:sub>. In AV nodal cells internally perfused with either a nonhydrolyzable cAMP analogue, 8-Br-cAMP (0.5 mmol\/L), or a high concentration of cAMP (0.5 mmol\/L), CCh did not inhibit I<jats:sub>Ca-L<\/jats:sub>but still activated I<jats:sub>K(ACh)<\/jats:sub>. CCh-induced I<jats:sub>Ca-L<\/jats:sub>attenuation could be abolished or quickly reversed by the nonselective phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (20 \u03bcmol\/L). However, CCh still significantly suppressed ISO-stimulated I<jats:sub>Ca-L<\/jats:sub>after the cGMP-inhibited PDE isozyme (PDE3) had been selectively inhibited by milrinone (5 \u03bcmol\/L). Immunohistochemical staining identified the presence of the endothelial constitutive NO synthase (ecNOS or NOS3) in both single AV nodal cells in vitro and in cryostat sections of AV nodal tissue in situ. 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