Synonyms: RMC-6291 | RMC6291
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: RMC-6291 is a KRASG12C(ON) inhibitor [2], that inhibits active, GTP-bound RAS. It is designed to bind to the immunophilin cyclophilin A (PPIA) via a moiety containing a minimal cyclophilin A-binding motif of the naturally ocurring immunosuppressive (cyclophilin inhibiting) polyketide Sanglifehrin A. It also contains a cysteine-reactive warhead to mediate covalent tethering to KRAS. The resulting RMC-6291:cyclophilin A structure has high affinity for the active state of KRASG12C and forms a RMC-6291:cyclophilin A:KRASG12C tri-complex that causes steric hindrance for RAS effector binding thus blocking oncogenic signalling. The chemical structure of RMC-6291 was disclosed during the 'First Disclosures of New Drug Candidates' session at the April 2023 meeting of the AACR in Orlando. The chemical structure of RMC-6291 is identical to that for the INN elironrasib (proposed list 132, Feb. 2025) and as disclosed in Cregg et al. (2025) [1].
RMC-6291 was developed for anti-tumour potential. |
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References |
1. Cregg J, Pota K, Tomlinson ACA, Yano J, Marquez A, Liu Y, Schulze CJ, Seamon KJ, Holderfield M, Wei X et al.. (2025)
Discovery of Elironrasib (RMC-6291), a Potent and Orally Bioavailable, RAS(ON) G12C-Selective, Covalent Tricomplex Inhibitor for the Treatment of Patients with RAS G12C-Addicted Cancers. J Med Chem, 68 (6): 6041-6063. [PMID:39993169] |
2. Schulze CJ, Seamon KJ, Zhao Y, Yang YC, Cregg J, Kim D, Tomlinson A, Choy TJ, Wang Z, Sang B et al.. (2023)
Chemical remodeling of a cellular chaperone to target the active state of mutant KRAS. Science, 381 (6659): 794-799. [PMID:37590355] |