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. 2024 Aug 20;22:777. doi: 10.1186/s12967-024-05589-7

Table 1.

A summmary of the documented variants of the CTSC gene

Variant Amino acid change Inheritance Position Ethnicity Consang uinity Clinical features References
PLS Hyperkeratosis Periodon titis Other features
Palms Soles Extreme ties
Missense variant
c.2 T > C p.Met1Thr homo Exon 1 Japanese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Ventricular septal defect [52]
c.116G > C p.Trp39Ser homo Exon 1 Puerto Rican Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Confluent parakeratosis, tortuous capillaries in the dermal papillae, psoriasis [53]
c.117G > T p.Trp39Cys homo Exon1 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Iron deficiency anemia [54]
c.203 T > G (c1) p.Leu68Arg cpd het (c.458C > T) Exon 2 Mexican No ( +) ( +) NA NA Severe [50]
c.203 T > G p.Leu68Arg homo Exon 2 Mexican No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe/mild Recurrent bacterial skin infections, recurrent folliculitis and furuncles [50]
c.302G > C p.Trp101Ser homo Exon 2 Turkish Yes (-) (-) (-) (-) Aggressive Hypodontia, taurodontism, molar-incisor hypomineralization, language delay with absence of sentence construction [55]
c.380A > C (c2) p.His127Pro cpd het (c.96 T > G) Exon 3 French No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.394C > G p.Arg132Gly homo Exon 3 Chinese NA ( +) NA NA NA Severe Severe loss of alveolar bone [87]
c.415G > A p.Arg132Gly homo Exon 3 Turkish Yes ( +) (-) ( +) (-) Severe [54]
c.415G > A (c3) p.Gly139Arg cpd het (c.1141del) Exon 3 American No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [57]
c.415G > A (c4) p.Gly139Arg cpd het (c.778 T > C) Exon 3 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [79]
c.415G > A (c5) p.Gly139Arg cpd het (c.72C > A) Exon 3 NA NA ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [56]
c.458C > T (c1) p.Thr153Ile cpd het (c.203 T > G) Exon 3 Mexican No ( +) ( +) NA NA Severe [50]
c.458C > T (c6) p.Thr153Ile cpd het (c.201_224del) Exon 3 Scottish No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [99]
c.503A > G p.Tyr168Cys homo Exon 4 European No ( +) Atopic dermatitis Several episodes of skin abscesses NA Severe juvenile Repeated tonsillitis, allergy to grass pollen [58]
c.587 T > C p.Leu196Pro homo Exon 4 Brazilian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe [59]
c.706G > T (c7) p.Asp236Tyr cpd het (c.872G > A) Exon 5 Spanish No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [51]
c.716A > G (c8) p.Asn239Ser cpd het (c.757 + 1G > A) Exon 5 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe Embedded teeth, physical retardation [60]
c.739A > C (c9) p.Ser247Arg cpd het (c.1131 T > G) Exon 5 Chinese No ( +) (-) ( +) (-) Severe Skin scars on the neck and abdomen [89]
c.745G > T p.Val249Phe homo Exon 5 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [61]
c.755A > T p.Gln252Leu homo Exon 5 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [61]
c.763 T > A (c10) p.Cys255Ser cpd het (c.118del/ c.941 T > C) Exon 6 Chinese No ( +) NA NA NA NA [90]
c.763 T > C (c11) p.Cys255Arg cpd het (c.1015C > A) Exon 6 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Psoriasiform lesions on knees and elbows [88]
c.776A > G (c12) p.Tyr259Cys cpd het (c.145C > T) Exon 6 Indian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Absent lower central incisors [62]
c.778 T > C (c4) p.Ser260Pro cpd het (c.415G > A) Exon 3 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [79]
c.800 T > C (c13) p.Leu267Pro cpd het (c.1015C > T) Exon 6 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Propositus at the baseline [63]
c.802G > A (c14) p.Glu268Lys cpd het (c.901G > A) Exon 6 Japanese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) NA Chronic sinusitis, mild acanthosis and hypogranulosis with focal hypergranulosis around the eccrine duct pores [92]
c.815G > C (c15) p.Arg272Pro cpd het (c.1141del) Exon 7 French No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.815G > C p.Arg272Pro homo Exon 6 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [61]
c.815G > C p.Arg272Pro homo Exon 6 Belgian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe prepubertal [71]
c.815G > A (c16) p.Arg272His cpd het (c.1235A > G) Exon 6 NA Yes (-) (-) (-) (-) Prepubertal [56]
c.824C > T (c17) p.Thr275Ile cpd het (c.1040A > G) Exon 6 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Recurrent pyogenic skin infection, tinea cruris on the thighs, numerous scarring lesion on the buttocks, thigh and calves, loss of majority of dentition, high serum IgE [91]
c.851G > A (c18) p.Ser284Asn cpd het (c.113_116del) Exon 6 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [79]
c.854C > T p.Pro285Leu homo Exon 6 Moroccan Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Late onset aggressive [39]
c.857A > G p.Gln286Arg homo Exon 6 Indian Yes HMS NA NA NA Premature periodontal destruction [99]
c.872G > A (c7) p.Cys291Tyr cpd het (c.706G > T) Exon 6 Spanish No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [51]
c.880 T > C p.Tyr294His homo Exon 6 Spanish No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe early onset [65]
c.898G > A (c19) p.Gly300Ser cpd het (c.1340A > G) Exon 7 Vietnamese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe early onset [99]
c.899G > A p.Gly300Asp homo Exon 7 Arabian Yes ( +) NA NA NA NA Primary ciliary dyskinesia, loss of primary teeth, nail dystrophy [66]
c.901G > A p.Gly301Ser homo Exon 7 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [61]
c.901G > A (c14) p.Gly301Ser cpd het (c.802G > A) Exon 7 Japanese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) NA [92]
c.902G > T p.Gly301Val homo Exon 7 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe early onset [99]
c.910 T > A p.Tyr304Asn homo Exon 7 Panamanian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset Retinitis pigmentosa [99]
c.923G > A (c20) p.Gly308Glu cpd het (c.890G > T) Exon 7 Italian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Early onset—slow progression Recurrent pyoderma, scarring lesion over the buttocks, thighs, and calves, occasional subcutaneous fat herniation [67]
c.935A > G p.Gln312Arg homo Exon 7 NA NA ( +) ( +) ( +) NA severe [56]
c.941 T > C (c10) p.Phe314Ser cpd het (c.118del / c.763A > T) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) NA NA NA NA [90]
c.947 T > C p.Leu316Pro homo Exon 7 Latin American Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Early onset Premature tooth loss [69]
c.947 T > G (c21) p.Leu316Arg cpd het (c.1268G > C) Exon 7 German No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Aggressive [68]
c.956A > G p.Glu319Gly homo Exon 7 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [99]
c.1010G > C p.Cys337Ser homo Exon 7 Latin American Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Early onset Premature tooth loss [69]
c.1015C > T p.Arg339Cys homo Exon 7 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [61]
c.1015C > T (c13) p.Arg339Cys cpd het (c.800 T > C) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [63]
c.1015C > A (c11) p.Arg339Ser cpd het (c.763 T > C) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [88]
c.1019A > G p.Tyr340Cys homo Exon 7 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Gluteal abscess, atopic dermatitis, elevated IgE, asthma [54]
c.1040A > G p.Tyr347Cys homo Exon 7 Jordanian Yes (-) (-) (-) (-) Prepubertal [99]
c.1040A > G (c17) p.Tyr347Cys cpd het (c.824C > T) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [91]
c.1040A > G (c22) p.Tyr347Cys cpd het (c.754C > T) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Mild [93]
c.1156G > C (c23) p.Gly386Arg cpd het (exons 3–7 deletion) Exon 7 Caucasian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe Keratoderma, multiple cutaneous abscess formed [70]
c.1213C > A p.His405Asn homo Exon 7 Pakistanis Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe prepubertal [71]
c.1214A > G p.His405Arg homo Exon 7 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Aggressive [39]
c.1235A > G (c16) p.Tyr412Cys cpd (c.815G > A) Exon 7 NA Yes (-) (-) (-) (-) Prepubertal [56]
c.1268G > C (c21) p.Trp423Ser cpd het (c.947 T > G) Exon 7 German No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Aggressive [68]
c.1287G > C (c24) p.Trp429Cys cpd het (c.1056del) Exon 7 French No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.1337A > C p.Asp446Ala homo Exon 7 Cambodian No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Aggressive [137]
c.1340A > G p.Glu447Gly homo Exon 7 NA No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [56]
**c.1340A > G (c19) p.Glu447Gly cpd het (c.898G > A) Exon 7 Vietnamese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe early onset [99]
Nonsense variant
c.72C > A p.Cys24* homo Exon 1 Moroccan Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.72C > A (c5) p.Cys24* cpd het (c.415G > A) Exon 1 NA NA ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [56]
c.90C > A p.Cys30* homo Exon 1 Thai No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Mild Severe infection [73]
c.96 T > G (c2) p.Tyr32* cpd het (c.380A > C) Exon 1 French No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.145C > T (c12) p.Gln49* cpd het (c.776A > G) Exon 1 Indian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) NA [62]
c.145C > T p.Gln49* homo Exon 1 Indian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Premature [85]
c.205C > T p.Gln69* homo Exon 2 Indian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Premature [85]
c.322A > T (c25) p.Lys108* cpd het (c.436del) Exon 3 German No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Late onset aggressive [39]
c.322A > T (c26) p.Lys108* cpd het (c.504C > G) Exon 3 Italian No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Tooth mobility, bone loss, tooth and skin abscess [74]
c.504C > G (c26) p.Tyr168* cpd het (c.322A > T) Exon 4 Italian No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) NA [74]
c.544C > T (c27) p.Gln182* cpd het (110kb deletion) Exon 4 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe [86]
c.555G > A p.Trp185* homo Exon 4 Brazilian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [94]
c.628C > T p.Arg210* homo Exon 4 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [61]
c.628C > T(c28) p.Arg210* cpd het (c.1286G > A) Exon 4 Turkish NA ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Ealry onset Loss of primary incisors and right mandibular first molar [76]
c.704G > A p.Trp235* homo Exon 5 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [99]
c.711G > A p.Asp237* homo Exon 5 Egyptian No NA NA NA NA NA NA
c.748C > T p.Arg250* homo Exon 5 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [99]
c.754C > T (c22) p.Gln252* cpd het (c.1040A > G) Exon 5 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Mild [93]
c.856C > T p.Gln286* homo Exon 6 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [75]
c.912C > A p.Tyr304* homo Exon 7 Indian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [85]
c.1131 T > G (c9) p.Tyr377* cpd het (c.739A > C) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) (-) ( +) (-) Severe [89]
c.1269G > A p.Trp423* homo Exon 7 Sri Lanka Yes ( +) NA NA NA Aggressive Mild skin findings [39]
c.1286G > A p.Trp429* homo Exon 7 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [99]
c.1286G > A (c28) p.Trp429*

cpd het

(c.628C > T)

Exon 7 Turkish NA ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Early onset [76]
c.1287G > A p.Trp429* homo Exon 7 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [75]
c.1339G > T p.Glu447* homo Exon 7 Portuguese Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Mild localized chronic Atypical PLS (mild hyperkeratosis, high susceptibility to severe infection) [95]
Splice-site variant
c.319-1G > A homo Intron 2 Jordanian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe Type 1 oculocutaneous albinism, recurrent tonsillitis, respiratory tract infection, pyoderma, onychogryphosis, focal parakeratosis, hypergranulosis, acanthosis (having TYR: c.817G > C (p.W272C) [64]
c.319-1G > T homo Intron 2 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [78]
c.485-1G > A homo Intron 3 NA Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [61]
c.757G > A p.Ala253fs homo Exon 5 Moroccan Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [70]
c.757 + 1G > A (c8) cpd het (c.716A > G) Intron 5 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [60]
c.890G > T(c20) p.Gly297Val (predicted splice site) cpd het (c.923G > A) Intron 6 Italian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Early onset (slow progression) [67]
Indel (insertion-deletion) variant
c.21del p.Leu7fs homo Exon 1 Pakistani Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe gingivitis Mild cutaneous phenotype [77]
**c.106_108del p.Leu36del homo Exon 1 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Aggressive [78]
**c.113_116del (c18) p.Thr38fs cpd het (c.851G > A) Exon 1 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [79]
**c.118del (c10) p.Val40fs cpd het (c.763A > T/ c.941 T > C) Exon 1 Chinese No ( +) NA NA NA NA [90]
**c.181dup p.Glu61fs Homo Exon 2 NA NA ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [56]
c.190_191insA (c29) p.Val64fs cpd het (c.1211_1212delA) Exon 2 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe [60]
**c.201_224del (c6) p.Leu68_Tyr75del cpd het (c.458C > T) Exon 2 Scottish No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [99]
c.267_268del p.Asn89fs homo Exon 2 Brazilian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe early onset [80]
c.315dup p.Lys106fs homo Exon 2 Japanese Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Recurrent pyogenic skin infection, tinea cruris on the thighs, numerous scarring lesion on the buttocks, thigh and calves, loss of majority of dentition, high serum IgE [83]
**c.360_362dup p.Thr121dup homo Exon 3 Iranian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe Susceptibility to infections [96]
c.436delT (c25) p.Ser146fs cpd het (c.322A > T) Exon 3 German No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Late onset aggressive [39]
c.445_446insATGT p.Val149fs homo Exon 3 Bengali Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Early onset [99]
c.566_572del p.Thr189fs homo Exon 4 German Yes (-) (-) (-) (-) Prepubertal [68]
**c.566_572del p.Thr189fs homo Exon 4 Hungarian NA ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe Circumscribed erythema, mild hyperkeratosis [97]
c.566_572del p.Thr189fs homo Exon 4 Russian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [39]
c.622dup p.His208fs homo Exon 4 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [99]
c.629_630del p.Arg210fs homo Exon 4 Indian No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [82]
**c.712_725del p.Arg238fs homo Exon 5 Algerian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
**c.984_990del p.Ser329fs homo Exon 7 French Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.1028_1029del p.Ser343* homo Exon 7 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [75]
c.1047del p.Gly350fs homo Exon 7 Turkish Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Early onset [75]
c.1056del (c24) p.Tyr352fs cpd het (c.1287G > C) Exon 7 French Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.1141del p.Leu381fs homo Exon 7 Italian No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [74]
c.1141del (c15) p.Leu381fs cpd het (c.815G > C) Exon 7 French No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [81]
c.1141del (c3) p.Leu381fs cpd het (c.415G > A) Exon 7 American No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [57]
c.1211_1212del (c29) p.Asn404fs cpd het ( c.190_191insA) Exon 7 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe [60]
c.1213_1215del p.His405del homo Exon 7 Indian Yes ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe [82]
Gross deletion variant
NC_000011.9:g.88032292_88142997del (c27) cpd het (c.544C > T) Exon 1–5 Chinese No ( +) ( +) ( +) (-) Severe [86]
Intragenic exons 3–7 deletion (c23) cpd het (c.1156G > C) Exon 3–7 Caucasian No ( +) ( +) ( +) NA Severe [70]
NC_000011.9:g.88016961_88165581del homo Deletion NA No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe prepubertal [98]
Regulatory variant
c.-55C > A homo 5'-UTR Slovenian No ( +) ( +) ( +) ( +) Severe Diffuse transgredient PPK [84]

PLS, Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome; HMS, Haim–Munk Syndrome; homo, homozygous; cpd het, compound heterozygous; NA, not available; (c1), (c2), (c3), …denote individuals who carry the compound heterozygous variants. The variants listed in the table represent the initially reported variants. ** The variants were reformatted from the original articles according to the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS)