The Prequel NIPT Total® and Prequel NIPT Total Plus® tests, which combine the capabilities of Prequel NIPT Karyo® and Prequel NIPT Karyo Advance® with the genetic analysis provided by the Prequel 100 Gene Analysis test, allow the identification of 100 severe inherited genetic disorders (such as cystic fibrosis, beta thalassemia, etc.) in the fetus. A complete list of 100 monogenic diseases and mutations analyzed is available at the following link: https://bit.ly/VERAgeneMutations . These tests represent the most comprehensive level of information currently available in pregnancy through non-invasive prenatal screening. The main difference between Prequel NIPT Total® and Prequel NIPT Total Plus® is that in Prequel NIPT Total® the 9 different Microdeletion syndromes are not analysed. 

The test will screen for the ‘chromosomal disorders’ listed below:

• Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)

• Edwards Syndrome (Trisomy 18)

• Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13)

• Turner Syndrome (XO)

• Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)

• Jacobs Syndrome (XYY)

• Triple X syndrome (XXX)

• Rare Autosomal Aneuploidies = abnormalities involving all chromosomes (apart from 21,18,13,X and Y, which are already screened for as above)

• Deletions and Duplications in any chromosome. These are missing or gained pieces of chromosomes (>7Mb) 

• 9 different Microdeletion syndromes (analysed only for Prequel NIPT Total Plus®): 

        o 1p36 (1p36 deletion syndrome), 

        o 4p- (Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome), 

        o 5p-(Cri-du-Chat syndrome), 

        o 15q11.2 (Prader-Willi / Angelman syndrome), 

        o 22q11.2 (DiGeorge syndrome), 8

        o q24 (Langer-Giedion syndrome), 1

        o 1q23 (Jacobsen syndrome) 

        o 17p11.2 (Smith-Magenis syndrome)

 

The test will also screen for 100 relevant ‘monogenic disorders’ including the very common cystic Fibrosis, beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease. A full list of genes is shown below:

ACOX1, AGA, AGL, ALDH3A2, ALDOB, ALMS1, ASNS, ASPA, BBS1, BBS12, BCKDHB, BCS1L, BTD, CFTR, CHM, CLN8, CLRN1, COL4A5, CTSK, CYP19A1, DCLRE1C, DHDDS, DLD, DNAH5, DNAI1, EIF2B5, ELP1, ETFA, EYS, F11, FANCC, FANCG, G6PC, GBA, GLDC, GNE, GNS, HADHA, HAX1, HBB, HEXA, HGSNAT, HMGCL, HOGA1, HYLS1, IDS, IL2RG, IVD, LAMC2, LCA5, LHCGR, LIFR, LIPA, LPL, LRPPRC, MCCC1, MCCC2, MFSD8, MMAA, MMACHC, MMADHC, MMUT, MPV17, MTM1, MTRR, MTTP, NBN, NPHS2, OAT, PAH, PCDH15, PDHB, PEX1, PEX2, PFKM, PKHD1, PMM2, RAB23, RAG2, RLBP1, SAMHD1, SEPSECS, SGCB, SLC12A6, SLC25A13, SLC25A15, SLC26A4, SLC35A3, SLC37A4, SLC7A7, SUMF1, TGM1, TMEM216, TPP1, TSFM, UGT1A1, VPS13A, VPS53, VRK1.

 

A full list of the associated disorders is shown below: 

3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A Lyase Deficiency

3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA Carboxylase Deficiency 1

3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA Carboxylase Deficiency 2

Abetalipoproteinemia

Acyl-CoA Oxidase I Deficiency

Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome

Alport Syndrome, X-Linked

Alstrom Syndrome

Andermann Syndrome

Aromatase Deficiency

Arthrogryposis Mental Retardation Seizures

Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency

Aspartylglycosaminuria

Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS1-related)

Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS12-related)

Beta Thalassemia

Biotinidase Deficiency

Canavan Disease

Carpenter Syndrome

Choreacanthocytosis

Choroideremia, X-Linked

Citrin Deficiency

Combined Oxidative Phosphorylation Deficiency 3

Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation, Type 1A (PMM2-related)

Congenital Neutropenia (HAX1-related)

Crigler Najjar Syndrome, Type I

Cystic Fibrosis (Mutations tested cause the Classic Cystic Fibrosis phenotype)

Factor XI Deficiency

Familial Dysautonomia

Fanconi Anemia, Type C

Fanconi Anemia, Type G

Gaucher Disease

Glutaric Acidemia, Type 2A

Glycine Encephalopathy (GLDC-related)

Glycogen Storage Disease, Type 1A

Glycogen Storage Disease, Type 1B

Glycogen Storage Disease, Type 3

Glycogen Storage Disease, Type 7

GRACILE Syndrome

Hereditary Fructose Intolerance

Homocystinuria, Type cblE

Hydrolethalus Syndrome

Inclusion Body Myopathy, Type 2

Isovaleric Acidemia

Joubert Syndrome, Type 2

Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa, Herlitz Type

Lamellar Ichthyosis, Type 1

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA5-related)

Leigh Syndrome, French-Canadian Type

Leukoencephalopathy with Vanishing White Matter

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia [Luteinizing Hormone Resistance]

Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Type 2E

Lipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency [Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type 3]

Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency

Long Chain 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Lysinuric Protein Intolerance

Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Type 1B

Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMAA-related)

Methylmalonic Aciduria, Type mut(0)

Methylmalonic Aciduria and Homocystinuria, Type cblC

Methylmalonic Aciduria and Homocystinuria, Type cblD

Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type II [Hunter Syndrome], X-Linked

Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type IIIC [Sanfilippo C]

Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency

Myotubular Myopathy, X-Linked

Navajo Neurohepatopathy [MPV17-related Hepatocerebral Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (CLN8-related)

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (MFSD8-related)

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (TPP1-related)

Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome

Omenn Syndrome (RAG2-related)

Ornithine Aminotransferase Deficiency

Ornithine Translocase Deficiency [Hyperornithinemia-Hyperammonemia-Homocitrullinuria (HHH) Syndrome]

Pendred Syndrome

Peroxisome Biogenesis Disorders Zellweger Syndrome Spectrum (PEX1-related)

Peroxisome Biogenesis Disorders Zellweger Syndrome Spectrum (PEX2-related)

Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency (Phenylketonuria)

Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, Type 1A

Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, Type 2D

Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, Type 2E

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (DNAH5-related)

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (DNAI1-related)

Primary Hyperoxaluria, Type 3

Pycnodysostosis

Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (PDHB-Related)

Retinal Dystrophy [Bothnia Retinal Dystrophy] (RLBP1-related)

Retinitis Pigmentosa 25 (EYS-related)

Retinitis Pigmentosa 59 (DHDDS-related)

Sanfilippo Syndrome, Type D [Mucopolysaccharidosis IIID]

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Type Athabaskan

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, X-Linked

Sickle-Cell Disease

Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome

Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome

Stuve-Wiedemann Syndrome

Tay-Sachs Disease

Usher Syndrome, Type 1F

Usher Syndrome, Type 3

Wolman Disease

 

Important to note: This test is offered to singleton and monochorionic pregnancies. In the case of vanishing twins please allow 5 weeks from the time the vanishing twin has been detected and taking this test.