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Background  Microvesicles are small vesicles expressing specific antigens from their cells of origin. Elevated levels of microvesicles have been shown to be associated with coagulation disorders as well as with different types of malignancies. This study aims to evaluate a possible correlation of different microvesicle subpopulations with a positive history of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with soft tissue sarcoma.    Methods  Annexin V - positive microvesicles, leukocyte (CD45-positive), platelet (CD61-positive), activated platelet (CD62P-, CD63-positive), endothelium-derived (CD62E-positive) and tissue-factor (CD142-positive) microvesicles were identified in the peripheral blood of patients with soft tissue sarcoma ( n  = 39) and healthy controls ( n  = 17) using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS).    Results  Both the total amount of Annexin V-positive microvesicles and levels of endothelium-derived (CD62E-positive) microvesicles were shown to decrease significantly after tumor resection ( n  = 18,  p  = 0.0395 and  p  = 0.0109, respectively). Furthermore, the total amount of Annexin V – positive microvesicles as well as leukocyte (CD45-positive) and endothelium-derived (CD62E-positive) microvesicles were significantly higher in patients with grade 3 (G3) soft tissue sarcoma ( n  = 9) compared to healthy controls ( n  = 17) ( p  = 0.0304,  p  = 0.0254 and  p  = 0.0357, respectively). Moreover, patients with G3 soft tissue sarcoma ( n  = 9) presented higher levels of Annexin V-positive and endothelium-derived (CD62E-positive) microvesicles compared to patients with grade 2 (G2) soft tissue sarcoma ( n  = 8) ( p  = 0.0483 and  p  = 0.0045). Patients with grade 1 (G1) soft tissue sarcoma ( n  = 3) presented with significantly lower levels of platelet (CD61-positive) microvesicles than patients with G3 soft tissue sarcoma ( n  = 9) ( p  = 0.0150).  In patients with a positive history of VTE ( n  = 11), significantly higher levels of activated platelet (CD62P- and CD63-positive) microvesicles ( p  = 0.0078 and  p  = 0.0450, respectively) were found compared to patients without a history of VTE ( n  = 28).    Conclusion  We found significantly higher levels of Annexin V-positive and endothelium-derived (CD62E-positive) microvesicles to be circulating in the peripheral blood of patients with G3 soft tissue sarcoma compared to patients with G2 soft tissue sarcoma. Furthermore, we showed that high counts of activated platelet-derived microvesicles correlate with the occurrence of VTE. Thus, the detection of these microvesicles might be an interesting new tool for early diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma patients with increased risk for VTE, possibly facilitating VTE prevention by earlier use of thromboprophylaxis.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-017-3515-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Levels of activated platelet-derived microvesicles in patients with soft tissue sarcoma correlate with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism