The present invention relates to a dual-
vector system for expressing an OTOF
protein. The dual-
vector system comprises a first
nucleic acid vector and a second
nucleic acid vector, wherein the first
nucleic acid vector comprises a first
nucleotide sequence, and the second nucleic acid vector comprises a second
nucleotide sequence; the first
nucleotide sequence comprises an
expression cassette inserted between two first ITR sequences, and the second nucleotide sequence comprises an
expression cassette inserted between two second ITR sequences; and the
expression cassette of the first nucleotide sequence comprises a
promoter, an N-terminal coding sequence of OTOF, a splice donor sequence, a sequence undergoing
homologous recombination with the second nucleotide sequence, and a polyA, and the expression cassette of the second nucleotide sequence comprises a
promoter, a sequence undergoing
homologous recombination with the first nucleotide sequence, a splice
receptor sequence, a C-terminal coding sequence of OTOF, and a polyA. The present invention further relates to a packaging
vector system for an adeno-associated
virus, a method for packaging an adeno-associated
virus, and an adeno-associated
virus obtained thereby. The dual-vector
system or adeno-associated virus for expressing an OTOF
protein of the present invention can be used for treating autosomal recessive hereditary
hearing loss associated with OTOF mutations.