Principal Investigator
PhD (Otago) MSc(Hons) (Canterbury)
Email mark.hampton@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 378 6225
Mark Hampton is a professor at the Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science on the University of Otago, Christchurch campus, and director of Mātai Hāora - Centre for Redox Biology and Medicine .
He completed his undergraduate and PhD studies in New Zealand before taking up postdoctoral positions at the Karolinksa Institute in Sweden and Harvard in the USA. He subsequently returned to the University of Otago where he was promoted to a professorial role in 2013.
Research interests
Oxidants (also called reactive oxygen species or free radicals) are continuously generated in our body, and we rely on sophisticated antioxidant systems to prevent them from causing damage. However, oxidants also have beneficial roles. They can act as signalling molecules that regulate a number of life and death pathways in cells, and they are generated by the immune system to fight microbes. Prof Hampton's research is focused on how understanding how cells sense and respond to oxidants, and how these pathways might be modulated to prevent and treat human disease.
In the early stages of Professor Hampton's career he investigated the role that neutrophil oxidants play in killing phagocytosed microbes. His interests then broadened to the impact of these oxidants on neighbouring cells during inflammation, and the controlled generation of oxidants by other cells during normal metabolism.
Professor Hampton's current projects include investigations of the ability of oxidants generated by the innate immune system to regulate epigenetic and cell death pathways; how the disruption of redox homeostasis can promote the killing of cancer cells and pathogenic microbes; and how oxidative stress is associated with the biological processes underlying human ageing.
Publications
Bozonet, S. M., Magon, N. J., Schwartfeger, A. J., Konigstorfer, A., Heath, S. G., Vissers, M. C. M., … Göbl, C., … Hampton, M. B. (2023). Oxidation of caspase-8 by hypothiocyanous acid enables TNF-mediated necroptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 104792. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104792
Shearer, H. L., Loi, V. V., Weiland, P., Bange, G., Altegoer, F., Hampton, M. B., … Dickerhof, N. (2023). MerA functions as a hypothiocyanous acid reductase and defense mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular Microbiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mmi.15035
Hampton, M. B., & Dickerhof, N. (2023). Inside the phagosome: A bacterial perspective. Immunological Reviews. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/imr.13182
Taylor, M. F., Black, M. A., Hampton, M. B., & Ledgerwood, E. C. (2023). Insights into H2O2-induced signaling in Jurkat cells from analysis of gene expression. Free Radical Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2023.2165073
Hampton, M. (2022, October). Redox biology comes of age. UOC Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Vissers, M. C. M., Hampton, M. B., & Kettle, A. J. (Eds.). (2018). Hydrogen peroxide metabolism in health and disease. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 456p.
Edited Book - Research
Shearer, H. L., Hampton, M. B., & Dickerhof, N. (2022). Bactericidal activity of the oxidants derived from mammilian heme peroxidases. In C. L. Hawkins & W. M. Nauseef (Eds.), Mammalian heme peroxidases: Diverse roles in health and disease. (pp. 171-188). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003212287
Chapter in Book - Research
Magon, N. J., Parker, H. A., Ashby, L. V., Springer, R. J., & Hampton, M. B. (2020). Analysis of neutrophil bactericidal activity. In M. T. Quinn & F. R. DeLeo (Eds.), Neutrophil: Methods and protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2087). (3rd ed.) (pp. 149-164). New York, NY: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0154-9_12
Chapter in Book - Research
Hampton, M. B. (2018). Hydrogen peroxide-dependent redox signaling: Basic concepts and unanswered questions. In M. C. M. Vissers, M. B. Hampton & A. J. Kettle (Eds.), Hydrogen peroxide metabolism in health and disease. (pp. 353-364). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Parker, H. A., Magon, N. J., Green, J. N., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2014). Analysis of neutrophil bactericidal activity. In M. T. Quinn & F. R. DeLeo (Eds.), Neutrophil methods and protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1124). (2nd ed.) (pp. 291-306). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-845-4_19
Chapter in Book - Research
Cox, A. G., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2010). Measuring the redox state of cellular peroxiredoxins by immunoblotting. In E. Cadenas & L. Packer (Eds.), Methods in enzymology: Thiol redox transitions in cell signaling: Part B: Cellular localization and signaling (Vol. 474). (pp. 51-66). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)74004-0
Chapter in Book - Research
Requejo, R., Chouchani, E. T., Hurd, T. R., Menger, K. E., Hampton, M. B., & Murphy, M. P. (2010). Measuring mitochondrial protein thiol redox state. In E. Cadenas & L. Packer (Eds.), Methods in enzymology: Thiol redox transitions in cell signaling: Part B: Cellular localization and signaling (Vol. 474). (pp. 123-147). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)74004-0
Chapter in Book - Research
Green, J. N., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2007). Analysis of neutrophil bactericidal activity. In M. T. Quinn, F. R. DeLeo & G. M. Bokoch (Eds.), Neutrophil methods and protocols. (pp. 319-332). Totowa, USA: Humana Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Hampton, M. B., Baty, J. W., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2006). Use of a proteomic technique to identify oxidant-sensitive thiol proteins in cultured cells. In I. Dalle-Donne, A. Scaloni & D. A. Butterfield (Eds.), Redox Proteomics: From protein modifications to cellular dysfunction and diseases. (pp. 253-265). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Chapter in Book - Research
Winterbourn, C. C., van Dalen, C. J., Hampton, M. B., & Kettle, A. J. (2000). Reactions of myeloperoxidase and production of hypochlorous acid in neutrophil phagosomes. In P. E. Petrides & W. M. Nauseef (Eds.), The Peroxidase Multigene Family of Enzymes. (pp. 58-67). Berlin: Springer.
Chapter in Book - Research
Bozonet, S. M., Magon, N. J., Schwartfeger, A. J., Konigstorfer, A., Heath, S. G., Vissers, M. C. M., … Göbl, C., … Hampton, M. B. (2023). Oxidation of caspase-8 by hypothiocyanous acid enables TNF-mediated necroptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 104792. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104792
Journal - Research Article
Shearer, H. L., Loi, V. V., Weiland, P., Bange, G., Altegoer, F., Hampton, M. B., … Dickerhof, N. (2023). MerA functions as a hypothiocyanous acid reductase and defense mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular Microbiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/mmi.15035
Journal - Research Article
Taylor, M. F., Black, M. A., Hampton, M. B., & Ledgerwood, E. C. (2023). Insights into H2O2-induced signaling in Jurkat cells from analysis of gene expression. Free Radical Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2023.2165073
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Ashby, L. V., Springer, R., Loi, V. V., Antelmann, H., Hampton, M. B., Kettle, A. J., & Dickerhof, N. (2022). Oxidation of bacillithiol during killing of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 inside neutrophil phagosomes. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/jlb.4hi1021-538rr
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Seddon, A. R., Das, A. B., Hampton, M. B., & Stevens, A. J. (2022). Site-specific decreases in DNA methylation in replicating cells following exposure to oxidative stress. Human Molecular Genetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddac232
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Shearer, H. L., Kaldor, C. D., Hua, H., Kettle, A. J., Parker, H. A., & Hampton, M. B. (2022). Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to hypothiocyanous acid generated by host peroxidases. Infection & Immunity, 90(3), e00530-21. doi: 10.1128/iai.00530-21
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Shearer, H. L., Pace, P. E., Paton, J. C., Hampton, M. B., & Dickerhof, N. (2022). A newly identified flavoprotein disulfide reductase Har protects Streptococcus pneumoniae against hypothiocyanous acid. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298(9), 102359. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102359
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Shearer, H. L., Paton, J. C., Hampton, M. B., & Dickerhof, N. (2022). Glutathione utilization protects Streptococcus pneumoniae against lactoperoxidase-derived hypothiocyanous acid. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 179, 24-33. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.12.261
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Smyth, L. C. D., Murray, H. C., Hill, M., van Leeuwen, E., Highet, B., Magon, N. J., … Mathiesen, S. N., Mockett, B., … Clarkson, A. N., … Abraham, W. C., Hughes, S. M., … Kettle, A. J., … Hampton, M. B. (2022). Neutrophil-vascular interactions drive myeloperoxidase accumulation in the brain in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathologicca Communications, 10, 38. doi: 10.1186/s40478-022-01347-2
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Swaminathan, A., Borichevsky, G. M., Edwards, T. S., Hirschfeld, E., Mules, T. C., Frampton, C. M., Hampton, M. B., Kettle, A. J., & Gearry, R. B. (2022). Faecal myeloperoxidase as a biomarker of endoscopic activity in inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Crohn's & Colitis. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac098
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van Leeuwen, E., Hampton, M. B., & Smyth, L. C. D. (2022). Hypothiocyanous acid disrupts the barrier function of brain endothelial cells. Antioxidants, 11, 608. doi: 10.3390/antiox11040608
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Das, A. B., Seddon, A. R., O'Connor, K. M., & Hampton, M. B. (2021). Regulation of the epigenetic landscape by immune cell oxidants. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 170, 131-149. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.12.453
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Königstorfer, A., Ashby, L. V., Bollar, G. E., Billiot, C. E., Gray, M. J., Jakob, U., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2021). Induction of the reactive chlorine-responsive transcription factor RclR in Escherichia coli following ingestion by neutrophils. Pathogens & Disease, 79, ftaa079. doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftaa079
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Mayyas, I. M., Weeks, R. J., Day, R. C., Magrath, H. E., O’Connor, K. M., Kardailsky, O., Hore, T. A., Hampton, M. B., & Morison, I. M. (2021). Hairpin-bisulfite sequencing of cells exposed to decitabine documents the process of DNA demethylation. Epigenetics, 16(11), 1251-1259. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1861169
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Parker, H. A., Dickerhof, N., Forrester, L., Ryburn, H., Smyth, L., Messens, J., Aung, H. L., Cook, G. M., Kettle, A. J., & Hampton, M. B. (2021). Mycobacterium smegmatis resists the bactericidal activity of hypochlorous acid produced in neutrophil phagosomes. Journal of Immunology, 206, 1901-1912. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001084
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Parker, H. A., Jones, H. M., Kaldor, C. D., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2021). Neutrophil NET formation with microbial stimuli requires late stage NADPH oxidase activity. Antioxidants, 10, 1791. doi: 10.3390/antiox10111791
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Pearson, A. G., Pullar, J. M., Cook, J., Spencer, E. S., Vissers, M. C. M., Carr, A. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2021). Peroxiredoxin 2 oxidation reveals hydrogen peroxide generation within erythrocytes during high-dose vitamin C administration. Redox Biology, 43, 101980. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101980
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Schindler, L., Smyth, L. C. D., Bernhagen, J., Hampton, M. B., & Dickerhof, N. (2021). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) enhances hypochlorous acid production in phagocytic neutrophils. Redox Biology, 41, 101946. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101946
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Schindler, L., Zwissler, L., Krammer, C., Hendgen-Cotta, U., Rassaf, T., Hampton, M. B., Dickerhof, N., & Bernhagen, J. (2021). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor inhibits neutrophil apoptosis by inducing cytokine release from mononuclear cells. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 110, 893-905. doi: 10.1002/JLB.3A0420-242RRR
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Seddon, A. R., Liau, Y., Pace, P. E., Miller, A. L., Das, A. B., Kennedy, M. A., Hampton, M. B., & Stevens, A. J. (2021). Genome-wide impact of hydrogen peroxide on maintenance DNA methylation in replicating cells. Epigenetics & Chromatin, 14(1), 17. doi: 10.1186/s13072-021-00388-6
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Smith-Díaz, C. C., Magon, N. J., McKenzie, J. L., Hampton, M. B., Vissers, M. C. M., & Das, A. B. (2021). Ascorbate inhibits proliferation and promotes myeloid differentiation in TP53-mutant leukemia. Frontiers in Oncology, 11, 709543. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.709543
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Meng, Y., Sheen, C. R., Magon, N. J., Hampton, M. B., & Dobson, R. C. J. (2020). Structure-function analyses of alkylhydroperoxidase D from Streptococcus pneumoniae reveal an unusual three-cysteine active site architecture. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(10), 2984-2999. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.012226
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O'Connor, K. M., Das, A. B., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2020). Inhibition of DNA methylation in proliferating human lymphoma cells by immune cell oxidants. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(23), 7839-7848. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013092
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Pearson, A. G., Zawari, M., Pearson, J. F., & Hampton, M. B. (2020). Quantifying mitochondrial respiration in human lymphocytes and monocytes challenged with hydrogen peroxide. Free Radical Research, 54(4), 271-279. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2020.1753722
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Van Leeuwen, E., Hampton, M. B., & Smyth, L. C. D. (2020). Redox signalling and regulation of the blood-brain barrier. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 125, 105794. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2020.105794
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de Souza, L. F., Pearson, A. G., Pace, P. E., Dafre, A. L., Hampton, M. B., Meotti, F. C., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2019). Peroxiredoxin expression and redox status in neutrophils and HL-60 cells. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 135, 227-234. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.03.007
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Dickerhof, N., Isles, V., Pattemore, P., Hampton, M. B., & Kettle, A. J. (2019). Exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to bactericidal hypochlorous acid during neutrophil phagocytosis is compromised in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294(36), 13502-13514. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.009934
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Talla, U., Bozonet, S. M., Parker, H. A., Hampton, M. B., & Vissers, M. C. M. (2019). Prolonged exposure to hypoxia induces an autophagy-like cell survival program in human neutrophils. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 106, 1367-1379. doi: 10.1002/jlb.4a0319-079rr
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Hampton, M. B., Vick, K. A., Skoko, J. J., & Neumann, C. A. (2018). Peroxiredoxin involvement in the initiation and progression of human cancer. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 28(7), 591-608. doi: 10.1089/ars.2017.7422
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Pace, P. E., Peskin, A. V., Konigstorfer, A., Jasoni, C. L., Winterbourn, C. C., & Hampton, M. B. (2018). Peroxiredoxin interaction with the cytoskeletal-regulatory protein CRMP2: Investigation of a putative redox relay. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 129, 383-393. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.10.407
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Richards, S. J. G., Frizelle, F. A., Geddes, J. A., Eglinton, T. W., & Hampton, M. B. (2018). Frailty in surgical patients. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 33(12), 1657-1666. doi: 10.1007/s00384-018-3163-y
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Yewdall, N. A., Peskin, A. V., Hampton, M. B., Goldstone, D. C., Pearce, F. G., & Gerrard, J. A. (2018). Quaternary structure influences the peroxidase activity of peroxiredoxin 3. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 497(2), 558-563. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.093
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Dagnell, M., Pace, P. E., Cheng, Q., Frijhoff, J., Östman, A., Arnér, E. S. J., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2017). Thioredoxin reductase 1 and NADPH directly protect protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B from inactivation during H2O2 exposure. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292(35), 14371-14380. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.793745
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Schindler, L., Dickerhof, N., Hampton, M. B., & Bernhagen, J. (2017). Post-translational regulation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor: Basis for functional fine-tuning. Redox Biology, 15, 135-142. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.11.028
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Bayer, S. B., Low, F. M., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2016). Interactions between peroxiredoxin 2, hemichrome and the erythrocyte membrane. Free Radical Research, 50(12), 1329-1339. doi: 10.1080/10715762.2016.1241995
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Cuddihy, S. L., Drake, S., Harwood, T., Selwood, A. I., McNabb, P. S., & Hampton, M. B. (2016). The marine cytotoxin portimine is a potent and selective inducer of apoptosis. Apoptosis, 21(12), 1447-1452. doi: 10.1007/s10495-016-1302-x
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Poynton, R. A., Peskin, A. V., Haynes, A. C., Lowther, W. T., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2016). Kinetic analysis of structural influences on the susceptibility of peroxiredoxins 2 and 3 to hyperoxidation. Biochemical Journal, 473, 411-421. doi: 10.1042/bj20150572
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Yewdall, N. A., Venugopal, H., Desfosses, A., Abrishami, V., Yosaatmadja, Y., Hampton, M. B., … Radjainia, M. (2016). Structures of human peroxiredoxin 3 suggest self-chaperoning assembly that maintains catalytic state. Structure, 24(7), 1120-1129. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2016.04.013
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Balasubramanain, D., Deng, A. X., Doudney, K., Hampton, M. B., & Kennedy, M. A. (2015). Valproic acid exposure leads to upregulation and increased promoter histone acetylation of sepiapterin reductase in a serotonergic cell line. Neuropharmacology, 99, 79-88. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.06.018
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Bayer, S. B., Hampton, M. B., & Winterbourn, C. C. (2015). Accumulation of oxidized peroxiredoxin 2 in red blood cells and its prevention. Transfusion, 55(8), 1909-1918. doi: 10.1111/trf.13039
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